UPDATE: The overturned tractor trailer on eastbound Interstate 24 has been cleared according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s SmartWay website.
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ORIGINAL STORY: An overturned tractor trailer on eastbound Interstate 24 closed one side of the interstate and has had traffic backed up from around 5 a.m. till early this afternoon.
The accident was reported at 5:04 a.m. Sunday at mile marker 173. Eastbound traffic began moving again about 2:15 p.m.