The winding U.S. Highway 64 in the Ocoee Gorge of Polk County, Tenn.A second person has died after a wreck involving a tractor-trailer and a car in the Ocoee Gorge on Monday.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol said 20-year-old Brent Ledford died Tuesday at Erlanger hospital in Chattanooga.
According to a crash report, Ledford, of Murphy, N.C., was swerving down U.S. Highway 64 in a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier around 10:50 a.m. when he crossed the center line and hit a tractor-trailer head-on. Ledford was driving east. Behroz Saneie, the driver of the tractor-trailer, was heading west.
Witnesses told authorities that Saneie tried to avoid the car, but he didn’t have time to maneuver his vehicle.
Blake Millsaps, 23, of Marble, N.C., who had been riding with Ledford, also was taken Erlanger. Doctors declared him dead on arrival.