3 injured critically when 6 vehicles collide on main highway near Smoky Mountains

6 vehicles crash on main road near Smokies

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Police say a highway pileup near the Smoky Mountains has critically injured three people and at least 10 others have been taken to the hospital.

Sevierville (Sa-VEER’-ville), Tenn., police spokesman Bob Stahlke (STALL’-key) says the six-car Labor Day wreck happened at about 11:30 a.m. EDT in one of the southbound lanes of Tennessee 66. Traffic was blocked about four hours, including northbound lanes for a time.

Stahlke says an adult and two children were taken to University of Tennessee Medical Center with critical injuries after their car ended up under a pickup truck towing another car.

Stahlke says it’s not believed any of the other injuries are life-threatening.

He says the holiday weekend is one of the busiest of the year for the area, with heavy traffic traveling the main corridor of Highway 66.