A 75-year-old Cumberland, Kentucky man was killed Sunday morning in a wreck on U.S. Highway 25E near Tazewell.

According to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, around 6:53 a.m., Sunday, a 2002 Ford E-55 van, driven by Santana R. Onofre, 38, of Mexico, was traveling northbound on US 25E on a downhill grade. A 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck, driven by Merle T. Chamberlain, of Cumberland, was traveling southbound on US 25E on an uphill grade.

Both vehicles were in a straightaway.

Onofre’s vehicle failed to maintain his lane and went into the southbound lane. When Onofre’s vehicle entered into the southbound lane it collided with Chamberlain’s truck causing a crash. Both vehicles came to an uncontrolled stop.

Chamberlain died of his injuries.

Both drivers were wearing th

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