The Tennessee Highway Patrol released the names of the victims involved in Saturday’s deadly crash on interstate 81. T-H-P officials said on Sunday that 73 year-old Dorothy Roca from Jonesboro, Georgia died after the Mitsubishi Mirage she was a passenger in was hit by a tractor trailer and went off the road. It happened near exit 46 on I-81 around 1:45 P-M Saturday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle, Roca’s husband, 69 year-old Armando Roca was injured and taken to the Johnson City Medical Center.
T-H-P said the Samuel Alvarenga was driving the tractor trailer that ran into the Roca’s. Alvarenga is charged with following too closely. More charges are pending.
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