****** TENNESSEE MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITY REPORT TELETYPE ******

LOCAL AGENCY COMPLAINT NUMBER: 217021965 FATAL22/23

DATE: 06/02/17 TIME: 02:14

TOTALS: KILLED: 2 INJURED: 1 NOT INJURED: 1 VEHICLES: 4

COUNTY: MARION
HIGHWAY: INTERSTATE 24,MILE MARKER 165 POSTED SPEED: 70

INVESTIGATING AGENCY: TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL

INVESTIGATED BY: TROOPER PARKER

VEHICLE INFORMATION:
VEHICLE # 01
YEAR: 1995 MAKE: FREIGHTLINER MODEL: CONVENTIONAL BODY TYPE: TRACTOR
LICENSE PLATE NUMBER: STATE: GA
PULLING TRAILER: YES IF TRUCK, TYPE OF CARGO: GENERAL FREIGHT NO HAZMAT

DRIVER # 01 INJURY TYPE: KILLED

NAME: LACKSON,CHIDULE
SEX: M RACE: B DATE OF BIRTH: age 54
ADDRESS:
CITY: LANSING STATE: MI
DRIVERS LICENSE #: STATE: MI
DRINKING? TEST REQUESTED? YES
DRUGS? TEST REQUESTED? YES
SAFETY BELT IN USE? NO

VEHICLE INFORMATION:
VEHICLE # 2
YEAR: 2007 MAKE: FREIGHTLINER MODEL: CONVENTIONAL BODY TYPE: TRACTOR
LICENSE PLATE NUMBER: STATE: GA
PULLING TRAILER: YES IF TRUCK, TYPE OF CARGO: EMPTY MILK JUGS

DRIVER # 2 INJURY TYPE: KILLED

NAME: CARDIN,MICHAEL LEE
SEX: M RACE: U DATE OF BIRTH: age 60
ADDRESS:
CITY: TYRONE STATE: GA
DRIVERS LICENSE #: STATE: GA
DRINKING? TEST REQUESTED? NO
DRUGS? TEST REQUESTED? NO
SAFETY BELT IN USE? UNK
IF MOTORCYCLIST, WAS HELMET WORN?

OFFICER'S OPINION:
WOULD SAFETY RESTRAINTS HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE? NO

HAS MEDICAL EXAMINER BEEN NOTIFIED? YES

HAS NEXT OF KIN BEEN NOTIFIED? NO

CITATIONS ISSUED? NO
CRIMINAL CHARGES? NO

WILL ADDITIONAL REPORT BE FOLLOW? YES

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CRASH:

VEHICLE ONE WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 24. VEHICLE ONE CROSSED
TWO SETS OF CABLE BARRIERS AND THE MEDIAN AND STRUCK VEHICLE TWO TRAVELING
WEST BOUND HEAD ON. WITNESSES STATED AFTER IMPACT BOTH VEHICLES EXPLODED AND
ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. VEHICLE ONE THEN STRUCK VEHICLE THREE ON THE DRIVER
SIDE REAR OF THE TRAILER AFTER HITTING VEHICLE TWO. VEHICLE FOUR THEN STRUCK
THE BACK OF VEHICLE TWO. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE TWO WAS
WEARING A SEATBELT DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE FIRE. MICHIGAN STATE POLICE IS
STILL IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING A NOTIFICATION FOR THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE ONE.
THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED ONCE NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN MADE.

AUTHORITY: TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL

OPERATOR: DANIELLE BYRAM 06-02-2017 11:08