One man died after a two-vehicle crash on Oak Ridge Turnpike on Thursday evening, June 2, 2016. Authorities said a 2015 Toyota Prius was turning out of the Weigel’s parking lot onto the Oak Ridge Turnpike in west Oak Ridge and pulled into the path of this 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck, which was hauling a livestock trailer. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was last updated at 6 p.m.
An Oak Ridge man died after a two-vehicle crash on Oak Ridge Turnpike on Thursday, authorities said.
The crash was reported at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in front of Weigel’s at 2385 Oak Ridge Turnpike, on the west end of town.
A 2015 Toyota Prius was turning out of the Weigel’s parking lot onto the Oak Ridge Turnpike and pulled into the path of a 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck hauling a livestock trailer, the Oak Ridge Police Police Department said.
The driver of the Toyota Prius, Lawrence Landau of Oak Ridge, was taken by ambulance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he later died, the ORPD said.
The driver of the Dodge pickup truck, Heather Miller of Knoxville, and a juvenile passenger were taken to a local medical facility for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.
A horse inside the trailer towed by the pickup crash at the time of the crash was not injured, authorities said. A family member came to get the horse from the crash and put it into another trailer, authorities said.
The crash remains under investigation and no further information will be released at this time, the ORPD said.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
The fatal two-vehicle crash occurred in front of Weigel’s on Oak Ridge Turnpike in west Oak Ridge on Thursday evening, June 2, 2016. Authorities said one of the vehicles, a Toyota Prius not pictured here, pulled out in front of the black Dodge Ram pickup truck, which is pictured on the tow truck at left and was pulling a horse trailer. The red pickup truck pictured above was not involved in the crash. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Members of the Oak Ridge Fire Department are pictured above at a fatal two-vehicle crash on Oak Ridge Turnpike in west Oak Ridge on Thursday evening, June 2, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Oak Ridge Police Department and Oak Ridge Fire Department both responded to a two-vehicle crash in front of Weigel’s on Oak Ridge Turnpike in west Oak Ridge on Thursday evening, June 2, 2016. An Oak Ridge man died in the crash, and two other people had non-life threatening injuries. Neither of the vehicles involved in the crash is pictured here, but one was pulling a horse trailer. The horse appeared to be okay, authorities said. The red pickup truck pictured above was not involved in the crash. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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