A trooper-involved chase ended in a crash Tuesday morning on Interstate 40 in Iredell County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Just before 9 a.m., a trooper stopped to check on two people as they were replacing a flat tire on a silver Hyundai Elantra near mile marker 146. ALSO READ: Pilot taken […]
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1 killed, 3 injured in rollover crash Monday on I-40 in Oldham County
One person died and three others were injured in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate 40 near the Texas-New Mexico line in Oldham County Monday afternoon, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. At about 3:39 p.m. Monday, a 2007 Hummer H3 was heading west on I-40 about 26 miles west of Adrian. The Hummer […]
Wanted man dead after crashing, jumping over retaining wall on I-40 exit ramp
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville man died Friday night after reportedly crashing at an exit ramp off Interstate 40, jumping over a retaining wall, and falling a significant distance. The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) said the investigation shows that an officer from the Hermitage Precinct was heading westbound on I-40 at approximately 8:11 […]
Inmate hit by car after escaping van on I-40
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An inmate at the Shelby County Corrections Center broke out a window of a transport van and escaped before he was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 40, the sheriff’s department said Thursday. The inmate was identified as Elijah Jenkins, 27. He was taken to Regional One in critical condition. Two charged […]
Motorcyclist killed in wrong-way I-40 crash
Jun. 13—The Tennessee Highway Patrol has released a preliminary report on a Wednesday night crash involving a motorist traveling the wrong direction on I-40 that resulted in the death of a motorcycle driver from Tennessee. The victim is identified as Heather McGarvey, 61, who was driving a 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle. Driver of a 2013 […]
NC sheriff renews plea for help in woman’s 1981 murder on I-40.
A North Carolina sheriff this week renewed his plea for help solving the 1981 fatal shooting of 19-year-old Rhonda Hinson, killed in a car on Interstate 40 as she returned home from a Christmas party. A combined reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Hinson’s death has increased to $94,700, Sheriff Banks […]
Deadly crash shuts down I-24E between I-40 and I-440 in South Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — One person was killed in a Saturday evening crash that has closed down Interstate 24 East in South Nashville, according to officials. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) said a multi-vehicle crash was reported at mile marker 52 on I-24 shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, causing all eastbound […]
Semi hits CSX overpass in Nashville forcing I-40 traffic at I-24 to be diverted
Traffic around Interstate 40’s westbound lanes at the I-24 split in South Nashville was shut down Sunday and diverted after a semitruck hit a CSX overpass, according to Nashville police. Police provided an update just before 3 p.m. that the I-24 westbound lanes were being reopened at the I-24 and I-40 junction. The I-40 westbound […]
Semi hits CSX overpass in Nashville forcing I-40 traffic at I-24 to be diverted
Traffic around Interstate 40’s westbound lanes at the I-24 split in South Nashville was shut down Sunday and diverted after a semitruck hit a CSX overpass, according to Nashville police. Police provided an update just before 3 p.m. that the I-24 westbound lanes were being reopened at the I-24 and I-40 junction. The I-40 westbound […]
Man sitting along I-40 randomly confesses to 2016 homicide, Oklahoma trooper reports
A man found wandering Interstate 40 surprised a passing state trooper when he randomly confessed to a 2016 killing that went unsolved for 8 years, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. It happened Thursday, May 2, after a passerby reported “someone sitting on the side of I-40” just east of Oklahoma City. “Trooper (Matt) Snyder […]
Arkansas State Police seize almost 900 pounds of illegal marijuana from I-40 traffic stops in the last 10 days
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Recent traffic stops on Interstate 40 in Arkansas led to major hauls of illegal narcotics by state police. Arkansas State Police officials said their Interstate Criminal Patrol (ICP) has seized 886 pounds of illegal marijuana as well as one handgun in the past 10 days from I-40 traffic stops. Arkansas State […]
I-40 closed after train derails, catches fire near Arizona-New Mexico border
Interstate 40 segments near the Arizona-New Mexico border were shut down following a train derailment and subsequent fire south of the highway on Friday morning. A BNSF train derailed near northeastern Arizona on the New Mexico side of the Arizona-New Mexico border about 11:45 a.m., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Of the roughly […]