The Caryville Fire Department has set up the landing zone (LZ) at the Caryville ballfield for the medical helicopter to airlift the patient from the truck-train wreck to a Knoxville hospital.

CARYVILLE, TN (WLAF) – A pick-up truck collided with a train not long before 12:30pm on Thursday.

This happened on old Highway 63 northwest of Caryville in the Turley community.

One patient will soon be flown from the Caryville ballfield to a Knoxville hospital. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 05/05/2022-1PM-PHOTO COURTESY OF CARYVILLE FIRE CHIEF EDDIE HATMAKER)

One Reply to “Truck versus train at Turley; one patient to be airlifted”

  1. Very few things you can count on these days, however, when it comes to vehicles vs trains, the trains will always win.

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