THP: 22-year-old driver facing vehicular homicide charges after wrong-way crash on I-40 leaves 2 dead

What This Story Is About

• A 22-year-old driver in Knoxville, Paul Fisher, faces two counts of vehicular homicide after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 40 left two people dead, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Why It Matters

• The driver struck two cars, killing two people in one of the cars. He now faces charge for vehicular homicide.

What Happens Next

• The driver suffered injuries in the collision and faces two counts of vehicular homicide.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A 22-year-old driver, Paul Fisher, faces two counts of vehicular homicide after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 40 left two people dead, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

It happened on Sunday in Knoxville. Troopers responded to the crash involving three cars.

According to preliminary reports, Fisher was driving a 2012 Toyota Corolla westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-40 when he collided head-on with an oncoming 2026 Chevrolet Equinox near Sutherland Avenue.

The impact of the crash took the Equinox off of the right side of the interstate, where it flipped down an embankment and struck a utility pole. The driver, 46-year-old Brian Elmore, and his passenger, 43-year-old Brandi Elmore, both of Tennessee, were killed in the crash.

After striking the Equinox, Fisher’s car hit a second eastbound vehicle head-on: a 2024 Honda Civic traveling directly behind the SUV. The driver of the Civic was not injured, according to reports.

Fisher suffered injuries in the collision and faces two counts of vehicular homicide.

According to THP, all drivers and passengers involved were wearing seatbelts.

Additional details about Fisher’s charges are not known at this time.

Fisher is a reporter at a local station in East Tennessee.