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Tennessee State Trooper Dies in Traffic Collision Responding to Call

Trooper Matthew Gatti was responding to a report of a car fire when he lost control of his patrol vehicle and collided with a tractor-trailer truck.

May 7, 2019
Tennessee State Trooper Dies in Traffic Collision Responding to Call

Trooper Matthew Gatti was responding to a report of a car fire when he lost control of his patrol vehicle and collided with a tractor-trailer truck.

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Image courtesy of Tennessee Highway Patrol.

A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper died in a traffic collision in Madison County Monday afternoon.

According to WREG-TV , 24-year-old Trooper Matthew Gatti was responding to a report of a car fire when he lost control of his patrol vehicle and collided with a tractor-trailer truck.

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He was pronounced dead at the scene.

He had served with the Tennessee Highway Patrol for just under one year.