Pedestrian Hit-Killed On I24 West Close to Coopertown
REPORT UPDATED
COOPERTOWN TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – Visitors was gradual on I24 west Sunday night time close to Coopertown after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a passing automobile.
The accident occurred close to the 23.8-mile marker round 11:03 pm and sits simply west of the Hwy 49 exit. LOCATION OF ACCIDENT
Why the individual was on the interstate continues to be unclear. I24 was gradual for a number of hours whereas the Tennessee Freeway Patrol investigated the accident. Officers initially closed I24 West then shortly reopened one lane.
The sufferer, now recognized as 60-year-old Lonnie S. Sanders of Alexandria, TN, was pronounced deceased on the scene. In accordance with officers on the scene, the pedestrian was struck by a pickup.
The THP has launched their preliminary description of the accident, it doesn’t, nevertheless, supply any perception as to why Sanders was strolling on the interstate. In accordance with the THP, the pickup, pushed by a 45-year-old Clarksville man, was touring West on Interstate 24 in the precise lane and the pedestrian (Sanders) was on the identical roadway, strolling in the precise lane across the 23.8-mile marker. The pickup tried to swerve into the left lane, colliding with the pedestrian. The pickup got here to last managed relaxation roughly 75 yards away on the left shoulder. The pedestrian got here to relaxation roughly 15 toes away on the precise shoulder. The pedestrian was unresponsive and was pronounced deceased on the scene.
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