Three Injured in I-75 Crash

Three people were injured in a crash on Interstate 75 early Sunday morning.

According to a press release from the East Ridge Fire Department, first responders were dispatched to I-75 southbound near Spring Creek Road bridge just after 1:30 a.m. When authorities arrived they encountered multiple vehicles and injuries.

Fire Chief Mike Williams said that two tractor trailers and five cars were involved in the crash. One pedestrian was struck as he exited his vehicle and was thrown over the guard rail. A total of three patients were transported to local hospitals with one in possible critical condition.

An environmental clean-up company was called in due to the amount of diesel spilled during the incident, officials said.

The southbound lanes were closed for about an hour before one lane was opened to allow traffic to flow. Tennessee Highway patrol was called to the scene to work the crash.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.