The stretch of southbound Interstate 65 near Rosa Parks Boulevard in Nashville was closed overnight following a fatal accident involving a pedestrian. Reports from the Tennessee Department of Transportation confirmed the shutdown of the roadway which occurred after the incident was first reported at 8:12 P.M. The road was later reopened early Monday morning.

Details came to quickly emerge from the Tennessee Department of Transportation, which posted on X, a social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that a pedestrian had been involved in the crash. The myTDOT post warned drivers of the full closure near Exit 84 as a result. It was also the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) that began to immediately investigate the incident. Their reports according to WKRN, detailed a tragic sequence of events involving a man who had allegedly jumped from a stopped car on Interstate 65 North, only to be fatally struck by a vehicle after leaping the median wall.

The driver of the vehicle from which the man was said to have jumped remained at the scene during the investigation. In this instance, the MNPD has yet to release any further information on the involvement of this individual or any other potential witnesses or parties involved. The somber night-time hours shaded a tale that the MNPD would labor to piece together, offering answers still awaited by a community surely to be rocked by such a sudden tragedy on its roads.

Commuters were faced with significant disruption as the authorities closed off the interstate to facilitate the investigation, exacting a toll on the flow of traffic which is usually unbroken in these arterial roads of our cities. The closure was announced by TDOT in a statement issued at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, according to a WSMV report. As the morning light broke, many were to resume their routines, largely unaware of the night's grave proceedings, as traffic once again began to move along I-65.