A green Chevy S10 pickup truck was involved in a two-vehicle crash with injuries on Bethel Valley Road between Scarboro Road and South Illinois Avenue on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was updated at 7:10 p.m.
Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after two pickup trucks crashed on Bethel Valley Road on Tuesday afternoon.
Preliminary reports said one person was trapped and one was ejected. But the nature of their injuries weren’t immediately clear.
Authorities said the road could be closed several hours between Scarboro Road and South Illinois Avenue as officers investigate and reconstruct the crash Tuesday evening.
The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear. It also wasn’t clear which direction the two pickup trucks were traveling when they collided. One pickup was a green Chevy S10 and the other was a blue Ford Ranger.
Traffic appeared to have thinned since the crash was first reported at 4:11 p.m., but authorities recommended that employees leaving Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security Complex and headed toward Knox County consider using the west exits or going down Scarboro Road and through Commerce Park to get to South Illinois Avenue.
The Oak Ridge Police Department and Oak Ridge Fire Department both responded to the crash. So did Anderson County Emergency Medical Services.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after two pickup trucks crashed on Bethel Valley Road between Scarboro Road and South Illinois Avenue on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after two pickup trucks, a green Chevy S10 and a blue Ford Ranger, crashed on Bethel Valley Road on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
There were reports that one person was ejected and another had to be extricated. Above is an Oak Ridge Fire Department rescue truck. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Oak Ridge Police Department investigates a two-vehicle crash with injuries on Bethel Valley Road between Scarboro Road and South Illinois Avenue on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Above from left are John Hill, Bill Weaver, and Brad Jenkins. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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