A truck crash has claimed the life of a Lenoir City man.

Just before 11:00 pm Thursday night, 33 year old Demetric Heiple was traveling northbound on Beals Chapel Road in Lenoir City when the truck he was driving ran off the right side of the road.

According to a report by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Heiple's truck then hit a mailbox and continued on into a nearby river.

Heiple passed away from the injuries he received in crash.

There were two other people in the truck but they were not injured.