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East Ridge Police Department identifies victims in Sunday’s I-75 crash

Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.
Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.

By Kailee Shores 3 min read

The East Ridge Police Department released the identities of the two people who died Mother’s Day in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75.

Lane Smith, 23, of Fayetteville, Tennessee, and David Huggins, 61, of Dawsonville, Georgia, did not survive the Sunday crash, East Ridge Police Chief Clint Uselton said.

(READ MORE: Two dead and three in critical condition after multi-vehicle crash on I-75)

The other people in the car with Smith, including his wife and two children, Baleigh, Brynlee and Sawyer, respectively, are all in the hospital in critical condition. Little Blessings Childcare, where Smith’s son, Sawyer, belongs to the toddler class, held a prayer gathering at the day care Monday night for the family.

Police identify victims in Sunday’s I-75 crash

Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.
Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.
Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.
Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.
Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.
Tennessee Highway Patrol / Emergency responders from the East Ridge Fire and Police departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and Chattanooga Police Department assisted Sunday at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 north.

“The family had told us that it was going to take a miracle for Sawyer to make it, and I know a Jesus who can work miracles,” Tammy Carpenter, owner and director of the day care, said by phone. “So our community came together, and we had a big prayer service just for that family and that baby.”