TOP PHOTO: This is the tractor-trailer police say was involved in Sunday’s fatal wreck.

PIONEER, TN (WLAF) – Two people died Sunday night along I-75 in Campbell County when their pick-up truck was struck by an 18-wheeler, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. HERE is the related story.

The THP report said Ali Abdullahi, 33, of Alberta, was behind the wheel of a 2020 Freightliner FM2. The big rig was traveling south through Campbell County on I-75 just before 7pm Sunday.

Another vehicle, a 2003 Ford F350, with a loaded trailer, was sitting on the right shoulder of I-75 south at Mile Marker 150.4, 10 miles south of Jellico. The driver of the tractor-trailer lost control and hit the pick-up and trailer, based on the report from the THP. Both vehicles came to an uncontrolled final rest on the right shoulder of I-75.

The THP reports that this pick-up was hit by an 18-wheeler.

The driver and his passenger in the Ford pick-up died in the crash. They were identified as 60-year old Julian Keyes, the driver, and Shanetta Ervin, 51, both of Georgia.

Abdullahi was not injured. Noted in the THP report is that charges are pending against Abdullahi. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 07/26/2023-6AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF EMA DIRECTOR JAY MUNCY)

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