Police identify wrong-way driver killed in Interstate 40 crash in Knoxville
The Knoxville Police Department has identified the man killed in a fatal crash early Sunday morning as Rickey Rico Hines, 43, of Fairfield, Alabama, a department spokesperson said in an press release.
Around 5 a.m. June 25, officers responded to a multivehicle crash on Interstate 40 East near Strawberry Plains Pike. Police say Hines was driving eastbound, made a U-turn and was driving the wrong way when his vehicle was struck by another vehicle. Both vehicles caught on fire.
Hines was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the second vehicle was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries.
A third vehicle drove through the debris before stopping in the median. The driver of that vehicle was not hurt.
Liz Kellar is a public safety reporter. Email lkellar@knoxnews.com.
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