Authorities in Chattanooga are investigating after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 left one person dead early Tuesday morning.
According to a news release, Chattanooga police responded to a report of a traffic crash around 3 a.m. near mile marker 2.4 on Interstate 75 north. When officers arrived, they located a 20-year-old man in a Ford Excursion with life-threatening injuries and a 32-year-old man in a Dodge Ram 2500 with serious injuries. Authorities said the driver of the Ford Excursion died at the scene.
An investigation revealed that the driver of the Ford Excursion was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes when he struck the Dodge Ram 2500 head-on, according to the release.
Police said a semi-truck struck the Dodge Ram 2500 after the head-on collision.
The driver of the Dodge Ram 2500 and the driver of the semi-truck were taken to a hospital with injuries.
— Compiled by Kiara Green