Knoxville, TN (WOKI The driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned in Cocke County this (Tuesday) morning is dead.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol releasing the news in a preliminary report which indicates that the driver was headed east on I-40 around 8:15 a.m. when he moved off the interstate, hitting a cable barrier.

According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the crash closed the right lane of I-40 for several hours.

The identity of the driver has not yet been released.