KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A car has been reported as a total loss after a crash caused a fire on I-640 in Knox County.
According to the Knoxville Fire Department spokesperson Mark Wilbanks, a tractor-trailer and a car crashed on I-640 East near Whites Creek. The car caught on fire and the tractor-trailer overturned off the side of the road during the crash.
I-640 near Washington Pike was completely closed for several hours, causing extensive backups. One lane reopened around 7 p.m. before fulling reopening later.
There were no reported injuries.