Chattanooga Police Department investigates deadly crash on I-24 Eastbound involving car and tractor-trailer, two people killed

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Chattanooga Police Department is investigating a deadly crash that occurred Tuesday night on Interstate 24 Eastbound.

Officers were dispatched shortly after 11 p.m. to the 100 block of I-24 EB for a crash involving entrapment. The department’s Traffic/DUI Unit responded to lead the investigation.

Preliminary findings indicate a passenger vehicle struck the rear of a tractor-trailer that was stopped in traffic.

The Chattanooga Fire Department extricated two occupants from the vehicle. The driver, a 31-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, a 37-year-old man, was transported by Hamilton County EMS to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Authorities said the tractor-trailer driver was not injured.

The Chattanooga Police Department thanked the East Ridge Police Department and the Tennessee Highway Patrol for their assistance at the scene.

The investigation remains ongoing, and officials said the information is preliminary and subject to change. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chattanooga Police Department.