Update: Victim of single car crash identified

3:47 PM, May 21, 2012   |    comments
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Update

Knoxville police have identified the victim of a single car crash as 61-year-old Gary Lynn Hancock of Knoxville.

Police say Hancock was driving a 1980 Jeep CJ7 when he left the roadway and struck a large tree. The driver was not properly restrained and suffered fatal injuries from the crash.

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The Knoxville Police Department says a man died Friday night after he ran off the road and struck a tree.

That happened around 8:30 near the intersection of Parkdale Road and Rifle Ranger Road in Fountain City.

A police spokesman said the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. Police cannot release the victim's name at this time.

They say the dog that was in the car with him was fine.