DEL RIO, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a serious crash that sent a man to the hospital on Monday.

According to a THP preliminary report, 36-year-old John Eakin was driving a pickup truck on US Highway 25/70 in Del Rio. At around 3:20 p.m., he drove into the opposite lane and crashed into a dump truck head-on, coming to a stop at the bottom of an embankment next to the road.

Eakin was injured in the crash and flown to the hospital for treatment. The driver of the dump truck, a 54-year-old man, was not injured.

THP said Eakin may face charges in connection to the crash, but they are pending the outcome of the investigation.

Additional information was not released.

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