JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — A 55-year-old man is dead after a crash in Jefferson County, according to a crash report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The THP said Gary Sorah was driving west in the inside lane of I-40 near the interchange with I-81. He left the road and crashed into a guardrail, with the vehicle then spinning, hitting a Tennessee Department of Transportation road sign and driving into the woods.

According to THP, the vehicle then turned onto its side, with an "undetermined amount of time" passing before a driver noticed the crash and told authorities.

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