Two people were killed Tuesday on I-24 shortly after 11 p.m.
Chattanooga Police Department officers were dispatched to a crash with entrapment in the 100 block of I-24 EB. CPD's Traffic/DUI Unit responded to investigate the incident. Preliminary findings indicate a car crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer that was stopped in traffic.
The Chattanooga Fire Department had to extricate two people from the vehicle. The driver, a 31-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene. Hamilton County EMS transported the passenger, a 37-year-old man, to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The truck driver was not injured.
Chattanooga Police ask anyone with information regarding this incident to call 423-698-2525.