Two Knoxville Teens Arrested for Throwing Rocks off Overpass, onto Semi-Trucks, Police Say

The total value of items stolen from the victim’s car was estimated to be about $1,500, KPD said.(Courtesy: KPD) (KPD)

Two Knoxville Teens Arrested for Throwing Rocks off Overpass, onto Semi-Trucks, Police Say

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two teens are arrested for allegedly throwing rocks off an overpass and onto I-640 in Knoxville early Wednesday morning.

Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded around 2:30 a.m. to I-640 West at Bruhin Road after receiving several calls of objects being dropped from an overpass onto the interstate and striking several tractor-trailers.

KPD says TDOT cameras spotted two boys, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, walking on the railroad overpass over I-640. After being detained on Central Avenue Pike, they both admitted to dropping rocks off the overpass; they were charged with reckless endangerment and taken to the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center.

KPD says no injuries were reported in either incident.

KPD says Property Crime detectives are working to determine if the teens arrested were also involved in other vandalism that was reported in the same area on Tuesday wherein a tractor-trailer driver reported that an object hit his truck and shattered the windshield around 4:30 a.m.

 

After being detained on Central Avenue Pike, Knoxville police said they both admitted to dropping rocks off the overpass. (Courtesy: KPD)

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