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Multiple crashes affecting traffic in Chattanooga area

Screenshot of traffic backed up on I-24 eastbound.
Screenshot of traffic backed up on I-24 eastbound. Screenshot of traffic backed up on I-24 eastbound.
photo Screenshot of traffic backed up on I-24 eastbound.

Several crashes have been reported in Hamilton County and surrounding areas and are causing delays.

A multiple-car crash reported on I-24 eastbound in Hamilton County at the 185 mile marker has been cleared but traffic is still causing delays.

A disabled vehicle and a crash both have affected State Route 153 southbound, but in different areas. The disabled vehicle is causing slight delays at the I-75 northbound connector. The crash, at the Wilkes T. Thrasher bridge has the left lane blocked, affecting southbound traffic with delays expected.

Traveling southbound on I-75 in Catoosa County at Cloud Springs Road, a two-car accident has blocked two of the three lanes.