Two people died after a car crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on Interstate 24.
Just after 11 p.m. Tuesday, Chattanooga police responded to what the preliminary investigation showed was a car that ran into the back of a tractor trailer that was stopped in traffic, according to a press release from the Police Department.
The 31-year-old woman who was driving the car died at the scene. The passenger, a 37-year-old man, was pronounced dead after being transported by Hamilton County EMS to a hospital. The crash, in the 100 block of Interstate 24 east, required the Hamilton County Fire Department to free both people from the vehicle. The truck driver was not injured.
The Chattanooga Police Department, East Ridge Police Department and Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to the crash.
Chattanooga police are continuing to investigate.
— Compiled by Kailee Shores