The Tennessee Highway Patrol has identified the truck driver killed Sunday night when his vehicle struck a car abandoned on the side of Interstate 75.
Joseph McCurry, 61, was killed when his 2016 Freightliner went off the road on the right side of the northbound lanes into the emergency lane and struck an unoccupied 1989 Toyota truck, then swerved to the left as McCurry overcorrected to the right, according to a report filed by Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper Kyle Millsaps. The Freightliner again left the right side of the interstate and struck a tree, overturned and caught fire.
The crash happened about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the report.
The truck was not pulling a trailer, Millsaps said.