Capt. Ted Presgraves with the Tennessee City Volunteer Fire Department is recovering from surgery after being injured while working a scene on I-40 Monday night.
Presgraves suffered a leg injury after officials say a U-Haul driver plowed into their tanker near mile marker 155.
Firefighter Luke Williams told WKRN News 2 that Presgraves was working the pump panel when the driver of a U-Haul van came full speed through the closed lane.
Despite the flashing lights and emergency responders on scene, Williams said the driver “never swerved, he never slowed down, he never did anything.”
“He hit our truck, direct hit 70 miles per hour and then bounced from there hitting another personnel vehicle and then coming back into one of our vehicles and then of course personnel,” Williams explained.
Presgraves was flown to Vanderbilt University Hospital with a leg injury.
“We are just very thankful that captain is still with us today and you know that, hopefully, he is going to be able to walk away at some point with some stories,” said Williams.
The driver was charged with driving on a suspended license, violating Tennessee’s “Move Over” Law and not exercising due care.
