A fatal two car-accident happened this morning at 9100 Hixson Pike.
The man killed has been identified as Joe H. Dempsey, 64.
According to a news release, Dempsey was traveling north in a Mazda shortly before 7:30 a.m. when his vehicle hit a patch of ice and struck a Honda head-on.
Dempsey was killed. The two people in the Honda were taken to the hospital but their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.