Robert French pulled his silver Kia onto the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 240 near the Lamar Avenue overpass. He wanted to check a tire that felt flat. Linzie Maxwell drove a black Chevy Impala in the same direction. Maxwell’s car slammed into the back of the Kia with strong force. Both drivers died from the crash.
The hit knocked French out of his vehicle. Maxwell’s Impala kept moving and struck a black Nissan Maxima. The Nissan rolled down an embankment. Everyone in the Maxima got only minor injuries.
The next day the broken cars were gone. Pieces of clothing, glass, and metal still lay scattered along the road. Those items showed how fast the morning had turned.
French had just stopped to look at his tire. Maxwell was simply driving along. The crash came without warning and ended both lives at the scene.
Later the same day a separate wreck involved a Memphis police cruiser. A Nissan Altima cut in front of the patrol car. Three people went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The officer stayed fine.
Authorities kept digging into the details of the I-240 collision. They worked to piece together the final moments for both men. The shoulder where French had parked stayed quiet after the cleanup.
Friends and family of Robert French and Linzie Maxwell began the long process of saying goodbye. The interstate returned to normal traffic, yet the names of the two drivers remained in the minds of those left behind.
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print(“\n\n”)
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print(“\n\nIncident location: Interstate 240, Memphis, Tennessee”)
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