Oak Ridge woman killed in crash
Police have identified the woman killed in a solo vehicle crash off Pellissippi Parkway as Jessica Graham, 33, of Oak Ridge.
Graham was pulled from her car after crashing into a tree last Wednesday morning but later died at the hospital, police said.
Knoxville police officers responded to the single-car crash on Pellissippi Parkway near Interstate 40 at around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, a department spokesperson said in a press release.
Graham was driving south on Pellissippi Parkway towards the ramp to I-40 east when her car went off the right side of the road and hit a tree. She was pulled from the car by a witness before it caught on fire, the release stated.
Graham was transported to Parkwest Medical Center before being transferred to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where she died from her injuries, the release stated. There were no other occupants in the vehicle and no other vehicles were involved.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Police ID woman killed in wreck on Pellissippi Parkway in Knoxville
