TOP PHOTO: A two vehicle wreck closed off traffic to four of the five lanes of East Central Avenue.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – As a steady, light rain fell, La Follette Police and first responders with the La Follette Fire Department were checking on those involved in a wreck that happened just before 4pm on Monday.

Units with La Follette Fire and Police responded to this rainy day wreck where Indiana crosses Central Avenue.

Under the Indiana Avenue traffic light is where two red vehicles collided setting off air bags in one of the vehicles.

La Follette Fire Chief Jimmy Pack directed a big rig around the wreck scene and into the east bound lanes.

West bound or La Follette bound traffic was sent around the block at South 4th Street and back onto Central at Indiana. Those travelers headed east were down to a single lane with the flow of traffic backed up to 9th Street.

The wreck was still being cleared after 4:30pm Monday afternoon.

No one was seriously injured.

This is what was a live look at the accident from the WLAF – Ben Rogers Camera.

(WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 09/20/2021-4:30PM)

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