The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a two vehicle crash Saturday night involving five people in which the driver of one automobile fled the scene on foot.
Names have not yet been released.
According to the THP, the crash occurred at 9:20 p.m. on Highway 70 east near Howard Redmon Road as the driver of a 1994 Nissan pickup truck, traveling east on U.S. 70, was passing another vehicle in a no passing zone. A 1998 Toyota Tacoma was approaching traveling west on U.S. 70. The left front of the Nissan pickup struck the left front of the Toyota Tacoma.
The driver of the Nissan pickup fled the scene on foot. He had three passengers, two of whom were transported to St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. One was flown to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.
The driver of the Toyota Tacoma, the lone occupant of that vehicle, was not injured.
This accident remains under investigation. Additional information will be released when the investigation is complete.
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