Note: This story was last updated at 8:40 p.m.
One person was flown by a medical helicopter to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville and is in critical condition after a rollover crash on Laboratory Road near the exit from Home Depot on Tuesday evening.
The crash involved two vehicles, a truck and a car. The truck had rolled over onto its top on the northbound side of the road north of the Home Depot exit. The car was stopped at an angle in the middle of the road at the exit.
A short section of Laboratory Road was closed for hours between Home Depot and Oak Ridge Turnpike as police investigated the crash.
The collision was called in with injuries around 4:22 p.m. Police expected the road to reopen by about 8 p.m. Tuesday. The Oak Ridge Public Works Department was picking up cones at about 8:15 p.m. to re-open the roadway.
The Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Public Works Department, and two ambulances from Anderson County EMS all responded.
The ORPD announced the road closure at about 4:35 p.m. Tuesday.
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