KPD UPDATE: Driver killed by metal wind skirt on I-40W

Andrew Capps | Knoxville

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UPDATE: Police ID St. Louis man killed by metal wind skirt on I-40 in Knoxville

One person is dead following an incident involving a metal wind skirt from a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 West in Knoxville on Sunday morning.

The incident occurred at around 10:35 a.m., according to the Knoxville Police Department, when the driver of a vehicle on the Cedar Bluff exit ramp from I-40W was struck by a metal wind shirt from a truck that went through the driver's side window, killing the driver on the scene.

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KPD said the wind skirt that had broken off of a tractor-trailer and caused of the driver's death. KPD has said that the skirt likely came from an eastbound tractor-trailer and was thrown into the westbound lane or fell off a tractor-trailer headed west and was kicked up after being hit by another vehicle.

A rolling roadblock closed I-40W until Sunday afternoon as officers combed the road for the fatal debris. It is unclear at this time how many other people were in the vehicle during the incident, and KPD had multiple officers and investigators at the scene.

This is a developing story. More information will be added as details emerge.