NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A driver was killed in a multiple vehicle crash on Interstate 24 Tuesday morning after authorities believe a large rock was intentionally thrown from a bridge.
It happened in downtown Nashville near the Shelby Avenue exit just before 5 a.m.
Metro police said they are now investigating the crash as a homicide and that a rock is believed to have hit the driver of a Nissan Skyline after it went through his windshield.
MNPD investigating today's 4:54 a.m. death of Joe C. Shelton Jr., 54, on I-24 east near downtown after this chunk of concrete, likely thrown from the Shelby Av Bridge, went thru his windshield. Know who may have done this? 615-742-7463. pic.twitter.com/ehEOPXnfM6
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) November 20, 2018
Police said the driver, a Nissan employee, swerved and hit other cars. Those drivers were not injured. The driver of the Skyline was killed. His identity has not been released.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has since inspected the Shelby Street Bridge and found everything is intact. Police told News 2 the rock was around the size of a football.
The crash remains under investigation.
The roadway reopened to traffic around 9 a.m.
Additional information was not released.