MORGAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A 16-year-old died in a Morgan County crash on Sunday morning, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol preliminary report.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation SmartWay Map showed a crash on Knoxville Highway (State Route 62) in Wartburg. Lanes were closed around 6:50 a.m.
In the report, the juvenile driver was traveling in a Ford Taurus east on Knoxville Highway. Another vehicle with two occupants was traveling in a Ford F650 going west.
According to the THP, the juvenile driver crossed the center line and hit the Ford F650. The teen was reported as “deceased.”
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The two people in the Ford F650 were not injured in the crash.