UPDATE (November 11, 2024, 12:30 p.m.): The victim of the fatal crash that happened on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Saturday afternoon has been identified as Kara Weeks, 38 of Lenoir City, Tennessee. 

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The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that happened on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Saturday afternoon.

At around 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2024, KPD officers responded to a two-car crash on MLK Jr. Avenue at Parkview Avenue.

The investigation revealed that a car traveling eastbound on MLK Jr. Avenue veered across the center line for unknown reasons and collided head-on with a westbound vehicle. The driver of the eastbound vehicle, a 38-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the vehicle that was struck head-on was transported to an area hospital for treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash temporarily closed MLK Jr. Avenue in both directions.

KPD crash reconstruction personnel responded to the scene and are leading the investigation. That investigation remains ongoing.