Tennessee Injury Lawyer Blog

With the holiday season fast approaching, many Tennesseans are making plans to travel to various destinations in order to spend Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's Day with loved ones. Many such families choose to unite in the many cabins, hotels, and various resorts that populate much of the Sevier County area of the Great Smoky Mountains, other families choose winter-vacation destinations, and others still like to meet somewhere warm to escape the bitter cold that often accompanies this time of year. The combination of lots of people traveling and inclement weather often leads to the formation of dangerous walking conditions in and around stores, hotels, cabins, and parking lots in areas where lots of foot traffic occurs and busy employees may not be able to ensure that conditions remain safe at all times.

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A tanker truck that was reportedly carrying methacrylic acid partially tipped while trying to turn into a Knoxville parking lot at around 9 p.m. Saturday night, causing the toxic substance to spill onto Western Avenue. According to reports, the truck was exiting I-640 in Knoxville when it hit a four-foot tall concrete pillar that formerly supported a light pole and caught under the trailer portion of the tanker's tires, causing the accident. Due to the flammable and corrosive nature of the chemical, the portion of the roadway where the spill occurred had to be blocked off by authorities until the spill could be cleaned up and the tanker could be restored to its upright position.

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Alcohol reportedly played a role in a car wreck that claimed the lives of two victims along I-75 in McMinn County on Saturday Afternoon. According to the reports, two vehicles were traveling in the same direction along the road when the first car, driven by 41-year-old Stephen A. Martinson, veered into the left hand lane and then over-corrected by swerving back into the right lane, causing it to strike another vehicle. This made both vehicles lose control and drive off of the roadway. Martinson, who was killed in the wreck, had reportedly been drinking. Officers are not sure who was driving the other vehicle involved in the crash, but 32-year-old Jason Higgins was killed in the accident. Both of the other passengers, 27-year-old Jason Duncan and 31-year-old Justin James Higgins were both injured in the accident. Martinson, Jason Higgins and Justin James Higgins were reported as not wearing seatbelts during the accident.

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