Friday morning gridlock in Greene on I-81 result of DUI crash

Traffic gridlock on Interstate 81 in Greene County Friday morning was the result of a drunk driver, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report.

The three-vehicle crash occurred just before 7 am four miles outside of Bulls Gap when a car driven by Fransisco Vargas of Boone, NC, hit a guard rail then darted back into the second lane of traffic on 81 southbound.

That resulted in two more vehicles being involved in the crash including a tractor-trailer.

Vargas, 48, was charged with DUI, violating the open container law, and two other violations.

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