Two people are dead and one other injured after an early morning wreck on Interstate 24 westbound, near mile marker 147 in Marion County.Fight leaves 2 dead after crash
MARION COUNTY, Tenn. – Two people died after a car crash in Marion County on Tuesday morning after the driver got in a fight with one of his passengers, authorities said.
Thomas W. Smith, 33, of Hixson, was steering a 2000 Nissan OST with his knee down Interstate 24 about 1:30 a.m. while fighting Stephanie F. Auburn, 29, also of Hixson, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.
Another passenger, James P. Wright, of Lebanon, Tenn., tried to break up the fight. But when he did, Smith steered the car off the road. Then he overcorrected, the car rolled into a median and all three passengers fell out.
None of them wore seat belts, according to the THP report. Only Wright, 38, survived. He was injured.
A toxicology report is pending.