Fatal crash Thursday on 19E in Carter County

One person is dead after a crash on Highway 19E in Carter County Thursday. According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol a GMC Sonoma was traveling southbound on Highway 19E around 3 p.m. The driver lost control of the vehicle while in a slight left curve and the vehicle veered into the right lane of the highway and left the roadway before hitting an embankment and a large metal power pole. The driver of the vehicle, identified by THP as 39 year old Timothy Walker, was fatally injured in the crash.