UPDATE: Highway 25 closed until further notice following a vehicle being struck by falling debris

June 1, 2017

UPDATE: 6/1/17 1:30pm. Highway 25 is estimated to remained closed for 60-90 days. Details are being finalized to put detours in place for tractor-trailer trucks. More information to come.

(Smith County Insider Press) Carthage, Tenn. – On Tuesday afternoon, May 30, Smith County 911 received information that a portion of the bluff on Highway 25 in the Tanglewood Community had fallen. Debris from the bluff struck a pickup truck traveling on the roadway. Rock and other debris struck the truck, causing it to be disabled.

The driver of the vehicle was Sammy Oldham of Carthage, TN. There were also two juvenile passengers in the vehicle. No one was injured during the accident.

Traffic was reduced to one lane while the wreckage was cleared. Crews used a bulldozer to remove the remaining debris from the roadway.

The portion of Highway 25 under construction for rockfall mitigation will be closed until further notice. Traffic will be detoured onto Main Street North to Hartsville Pike, then onto Massey Road.

See photos below:

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