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Chattanooga salt truck in serious crash with PT Cruiser, driver identified

In this file photo, a city truck with a plow attachment spreads sand and salt as snow covers the Chattanooga area.
In this file photo, a city truck with a plow attachment spreads sand and salt as snow covers the Chattanooga area.

Update: The driver of the PT Cruiser died from his injuries, according to a Sunday evening news release from Chattanooga police. He was identified as 36-year-old Jon Laymon.

One person is in the hospital with serious injuries after a PT Cruiser struck a Public Works salt truck in Chattanooga last night.

It happened around 10:30 p.m. on 400 DuPont Parkway near Hixson.

The truck was laying salt in anticipation of inclement weather when the PT Cruiser, traveling at a high rate of speed lost control and struck the rear of the truck, according to police.

The driver of the Public Works vehicle was not injured.