Updated Story: (Oak Ridge, TN WOKI) Oak Ridge Police are releasing the names of a father and daughter who died as the result of a crash into an Oak Ridge grocery store on Saturday morning.

On Saturday, January 11, 2025, at approximately 8:55 a.m., a vehicle traveling northbound on South Rutgers Avenue near Manhattan Avenue left the roadway and struck the nearby Food City.

The driver of the vehicle, Alan Mitchell, 66, of Oak Ridge, died at the scene. The passenger of the vehicle, Amber Mitchell, 17, of Oak Ridge, was injured and taken to a local hospital but died after arriving at the hospital.

The Oak Ridge Police Department’s crash investigation remains ongoing. No other information will be released at this time.

Original Story: (Oak Ridge, TN WOKI) An investigation is underway in Oak Ridge after two people are killed in a car crash.

The Oak Ridge Police Department says Saturday’s crash happened at the Food City located off the Oak Ridge Turnpike.

Lauren Gray, a spokesperson for the City of Oak Ridge, says a car traveling on South Rutgers Avenue left the road and hit the Food City.

The driver of the car died at the scene and the passenger later died at the hospital.