Medical emergency may have cause fatal I-81 accident Monday morning

The Tennessee Highway Patrol says one person died after a crash on Interstate 81 North in Sullivan County Monday. The preliminary crash report says that a Jeep Wrangler was heading north on I-81 at mile marker 68 around 9:15 a.m. when the driver is believed to have suffered a medical emergency. The Jeep entered the median, crossed back into the northbound lanes, then ran off the right side of the road and entered the wood line and hit a tree. The THP identified the driver as 58-year-old Daniel Ludolph. No passengers were in the Jeep, and no other injuries were reported.