One Injured after Tractor-Trailers Collide, Closing Both Westbound Lanes of Interstate 24

Quick Facts

Where: Interstate 24, near Mile Marker 117 in Coffee County, TN

What Happened: A 2016 Freightliner tractor-trailer crashed into a 2019 Kenworth tractor-trailer that was stopped on the shoulder

Participants:

• Jarrette Bloosomgame, Driver, 2016 Freightliner
• Eric Harvey, Driver, 2019 Kenworth
• Deondre Cooksey, Passenger, 2019 Kenworth

Reported Injuries/Fatalities:

• Deondre Cooksey, undisclosed injuries

Details

A tractor-trailer driver failed to maintain his lane, striking another tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder, then jackknifing, blocking both westbound lanes of Interstate 24. The driver, Jarrette Bloosomgame, crashed into the tractor-trailer of Eric Harvey, injuring the passenger in Harvey’s vehicle, Deondre Cooksey. The accident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, December 3, 2024 near mile marker 117 in Coffee County, TN. Tennessee Highway Patrol were forced to close the westbound lanes of I-24 for several hours to handle the clean-up, and they report Bloosomgame was cited for failing to maintain his lane.