One person killed in Wilson County crash


Tennessee Highway Patrol
Tennessee Highway Patrol(Action News 5)
Published: Aug. 18, 2022 at 11:34 AM CDT|Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 2:27 PM CDT
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LEBANON, Tenn. (WSMV) - One person was killed when a dump truck left the roadway in Wilson County and struck a tree, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said on Thursday.

According to the THP preliminary report, Carlos Coronado, 45, of Lebanon, was driving a GMC C6500 dump truck east on Central Pike just before 9:30 a.m. when he made contact with a tree when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, then cross the center line and ran off the left side of the road, made contact with a ditch and overturned before hitting another tree.

The crash occurred in the 17000 block of Central Pike between Interstate 840 and Highway 231.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.