Road rage led to fatal crash on Alcoa Highway, police say
A 34-year-old Maryville man was killed Saturday morning on Alcoa Highway in what police described as a road rage incident.
The other driver, Derek Geary, 58, of Maryville, was arrested and charged with one count of vehicular homicide and three counts of felony reckless endangerment, a spokesperson from the city of Alcoa said in a press release.
Alcoa police and fire personnel responded to the motor vehicle crash on Alcoa Highway near Hunt Road at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, the release stated.
A white 2022 Jeep Gladiator being driven by Geary and a gray 2017 Nissan Altima being driven by Maryville resident William Carroll both were traveling north on Alcoa Highway, the release stated. During the road rage incident, the Jeep crossed two lanes of traffic and struck the Altima, causing both vehicles to leave the roadway into the median and strike a guardrail barrier. The Jeep flipped on its top before coming to rest on the guardrail, the release stated.
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Carroll was pronounced dead at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Three juveniles ages 8 to 13 were in the Jeep and were taken for treatment by a privately owned vehicle, while Geary was placed under arrest, the release said.
The investigation of this incident is ongoing, and anyone with information about the crash is urged to contact Lt. Dustin Stevenson at the Alcoa Police Department at (865) 981-4111 or dstevenson@cityofalcoa-tn.gov.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Maryville man killed in road rage crash on Alcoa Highway
