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I-40 crash: Interstate reopens after deadly crash in Tennessee

All lanes of Interstate 40 in Jefferson County have reopened.

By VERONICA LINARES, UPI.com

All lanes of Interstate 40 in Jefferson County reopened early Thursday, nearly 15 hours after a crash killed eight people and injured 14 others.

Traffic is now running smoothly at the place where a church bus crashed into a tractor-trailer and an SUV Wednesday afternoon.

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The bus was traveling east bound when its front left tire popped, investigators said. The vehicle was then thrown across a median barricade slamming into a tractor-trailer and a Chevrolet Tahoe.

The tractor caught fire and the bus overturned.

Authorities will brief the media on their latest findings on Tuesday at 8 a.m. You can watch live coverage of the briefing here.

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