Update: one fatality in Roan Mountain crash Tuesday
Published 8:33 am Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Star Photo/ Kevin Green Accused murderer Chad Anthony Benfield's attorney, Jim Bowman, addressing the court Tuesday.
Dorothy Parlier
Star Photo/Delaney Scalf A head-on collision involving a tractor-trailer and an SUV resulted in a fatality around 5 p.m on Tuesday closing both lanes of traffic on Highway 19E in Roan Mountain. The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident happened around the 7600 block.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports Elk Park, North Carolina resident Jessica Easterday, 28, was killed in Tuesday evening’s car crash in Roan Mountain.
The report says Easterday was traveling northbound on Highway 19E when her vehicle crossed the double yellow line and struck a tractor-trailer head-on, sending the truck partially off the road.
THP reports the wreck’s cause is still under investigation, though no charges have been filed at this time.
Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.
