Victor Gujmuit, 25, of Knoxville, was driving westbound in this green Chevy S10 pickup truck on Bethel Valley Road on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27, 2015, when he lost control and collided with an eastbound Ford Ranger pickup. He was treated at the scene and taken to UT Medical Center, where he later died. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was last updated at 3 p.m. Oct. 29.
A Knoxville man died after he was ejected from his pickup truck in a multi-vehicle crash on Bethel Valley Road on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
The Oak Ridge Police Department has identified the driver as Victor Gujmuit, 25, of Knoxville.
The ORPD said Gujmuit was driving west on Bethel Valley Road in a 1997 Chevrolet S10 pickup when he lost control and entered the inside eastbound lane of the four-lane roadway. His truck collided with a 1996 Ford Ranger pickup driven by Kurt Marcotte, 52, of Knoxville. Gujmuit was ejected onto the roadway in the outside eastbound lane and hit by a 2003 Dodge pickup truck driven by Raymond Lenoir, 57, of Powell, authorities said.
Gujmuit and Marcotte were treated at the scene and taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, where Gujmuit later died, the ORPD said. Police have not determined the cause of his death.
All traffic lanes on Bethel Valley Road were closed for more than five hours while police reconstructed the crash as part of their investigation. Bethel Valley Road connects Oak Ridge National Laboratory and South Illinois Avenue in south Oak Ridge.
The crash was reported at 4:11 p.m. Tuesday just east of Scarboro Road, near where the four-lane Bethel Valley Road splits at the intersection with 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.
The ORPD also thanked the Oak Ridge Public Works Department and the Clinton Police Department for helping to investigate.
“The investigation remains ongoing, and no further details will be released at this time,” a City of Oak Ridge press release said.
See earlier story here.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after two pickup trucks, a green Chevy S10 and a blue Ford Ranger, collided in a three-vehicle crash on Bethel Valley Road on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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