BREAKING NEWS: Two injured in four-vehicle crash on I-75 Monday afternoon

Two people were injured during a four-vehicle wreck involving three drivers late Monday afternoon.

About 4:15 p.m., Whitley County 911 dispatchers initially began receiving reports about an accident reportedly near the 19-mile marker.

However, the wreck actually happened between the eight and nine-mile markers involving vehicles in both the northbound and southbound lanes.

Whitley County Sheriff’s Deputy John Hill said the first part of the accident occurred in the southbound lanes between a Dodge Ram pick-up truck, which was driven by Karen J. Bennett, 44, and a brown SUV, which was driven by Candice Stamper, 51.

Hill said that the Bennett wasn’t sure what happened.

Stamper told police that the pick-up truck started swerving and came over into her lane striking her, Hill said.

"The Dodge pick-up truck started to roll, and came to rest on the bank against its wheels. The SUV then crossed the median," Hill said.

Hill said that the SUV then traveled into the northbound lane where it collided with a Jeep that was being pulled behind a Tiffin Phaeton camper in the slow lane, which was driven by Barbara Hunter, 50, of Toledo, Ohio.

The impact knocked the trailer pulling the Jeep loose from the camper, which stopped about 100 yards away, and bent the hitch on the camper.

"I was driving the coach, and the next thing I know the brown car was coming over the median," Hunter said. "It was like oh my God, it is going to be behind us. The next thing I know I felt something, then I saw the Jeep."

Whitley County EMS transported Bennett and Stamper to Jellico Community Hospital for treatment.

Bennett apparently went to the hospital to get checked out due to safety precautions.  Stamper complained of neck, head, chest and pelvis pain, Hill said.

The wreck stopped both northbound and southbound travel. All lanes of travel were reopened by about 5:30 p.m.
No one was cited or charged at the scene.

Hill is continuing the investigation.

Other agencies assisting at the scene included: Kentucky State Police, Emlyn and Three-Point Volunteer Fire Departments, and the Williamsburg Police Department, and Whitley County Emergency Management.