{"id":9301,"date":"2025-06-02T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9301"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:05:24","slug":"crash-sees-1-killed-6-injured-after-driver-suffers-seizure-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9301","title":{"rendered":"Crash sees 1 killed, 6 injured after driver suffers seizure in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A woman suffered a seizure while driving in downtown Gatlinburg on Sunday afternoon, triggering a multi-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured six others, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at around 4:15 p.m. local time in the 700 block of Parkway, a busy tourist stretch in the mountain town.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary reports, the driver mistakenly accelerated instead of braking during the medical episode, striking several pedestrians and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Major 5-vehicle crash in downtown Gatlinburg, TN \u2014 6 injured, 3 airlifted to UT Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>The crash sent cars onto sidewalks, shutting down Parkway (lights 6\u20138).<br \/>\nCause under investigation \u2014 possible medical emergency suspected.#Gatlinburg #Tennessee\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/jdtq1RRms8<br \/>\n\u2014 The Curious Quill (@PleasingRj) June 2, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Three of the injured were airlifted in serious condition to the University of Tennessee Medical Centre. The remaining three victims were transported by ambulance to nearby hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The identities of the victims have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Highway Patrol is assisting Gatlinburg Police in the ongoing investigation. Officials closed off sections of Parkway following the crash and said the roads would reopen after 6:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Photos and videos posted to social media captured the aftermath of the collision, with multiple vehicles heavily damaged and emergency services responding at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>#breakingnews Tourist town #Gatlinburg had a car at speeds of 100 mph drive in to crowds of people many people died, people helicopter out. Prayers &amp; answers needed.@FoxNews @CNN @MSNBC @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com\/lyNwPSLMK5<br \/>\n\u2014 TheMoviePunk\u2122 (@TheMoviePunk) June 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have urged anyone who witnessed the crash or possesses relevant footage to contact local investigators.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman suffered a seizure while driving in downtown Gatlinburg on Sunday afternoon, triggering a multi-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured six others, authorities said. The incident occurred at around 4:15 p.m. local time in the 700 block of Parkway, a busy tourist stretch in the mountain town. According to preliminary reports, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}