McMINN COUNTY, TN. (THECOUNT) — Larry Dean Wallace, of Athens, Tennessee, has been identified as the victim in a fatal single-vehicle crash Tuesday in McMinn County.
Wallace, 55, was killed in a truck crash near Athens on Tuesday.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Wallace was operating a truck County Road 750, aka, Piney Grove Rd, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway. The vehicle than made contact with a substantial tree around 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Wallace, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember Wallace:
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: McMinn County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in East Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,266. Its county seat is Athens – Wikipedia.
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