A woman died early Friday morning after a fall at Crestmoor at Green Hills, a senior living high-rise in Nashville's Green Hills neighborhood. Officers were called to the complex on Cleghorn Avenue around 3:20 a.m., and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to WKRN, the woman fell from a balcony at the property, which the station notes is listed online as a senior living facility. Investigators believe the fall was accidental, though the station reports the investigation remains ongoing.
Accounts of the incident diverge on key details. WSMV identified the victim as a 65-year-old woman who fell from the seventh floor of Crestmoor at Green Hills. Fox17 reported a different scenario, saying the woman fell from a 10th-story apartment and landed on the roof of the third story, where she was declared dead at the scene, according to Fox17. The discrepancy between the seventh-floor and 10th-story accounts has not been resolved.
What We Know About the Complex
Crestmoor at Green Hills markets itself as an elegant high-rise community offering independent living, assisted living and memory care, according to the property's own website. The complex sits near Vanderbilt Health and The Mall at Green Hills, placing it in one of Nashville's busier residential and commercial corridors.
Detectives are investigating the circumstances leading up to the woman's death, per the seed reporting from WSMV. No additional details about what preceded the fall have been released.
Falls Remain a Leading Danger for Older Adults
The circumstances of this case remain under review, but falls are broadly recognized as a serious risk for seniors. Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among older adults, according to a CDC data brief. In Tennessee specifically, a Tennessee Department of Health resource notes that there were 970 fall-related deaths statewide in 2020, with approximately 84 percent, or 812, occurring among people 65 and older.
No police incident report or direct statement from the Metro Nashville Police Department was available detailing the exact sequence of events at Crestmoor at Green Hills. As the investigation continues, the precise floor from which the woman fell and the circumstances that led to it remain unconfirmed.
