RESCUE OPERATION NOW: CAR PLUMMETS OFF I-40 INTO OBED RIVER

A full team of rescue personnel is on the scene at this hour working to rescue a driver of a car that has run off I-40 at the 317-mile marker in Crossville and plummeted into the Obed River. The car is on the verge of falling into the river and being submerged.  Workers are trying to get to the car in order to extricate the driver.  I-40 east and west has only one lane open at this hour at the 317-mile marker.  More info as it is available