Two dead after single-car crash in Gatlinburg

Two people died after a car crash in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on Sunday afternoon.

The crash took place when a 22-year-old identified as Matthew Lee Hines and 20-year-old identified as Ava Mae Freeman were reportedly traveling on Wiley Oakley Drive in a 2015 GMC Sierra at around 1:30 p.m. on January 2 when they crashed.

Hines, the driver, went around a curve and ran off the road to the right. The vehicle then crashed into an embankment and overturned on the driver’s side once it was off the road.

Both Freeman and Hines were both pronounced dead at the scene.

They are not using seatbelts.

Tennessee Highway Patrol investigated the crash.