Update, 6:05 p.m.: Traffic is slow but moving on I-24.
Update, 5:35 p.m.: Traffic remains backed up and has spilled over onto Rossview Road and Warfield Boulevard.
Update, 5:20 p.m.: Traffic is backed up past Exit 4 to about mile marker 2.
Previously:
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Clarksville Police Department is currently assisting the Tennessee Highway Patrol following a vehicle crash on I-24 near mile marker 9 in the eastbound lanes.
The crash took place around 4:15 p.m., and eastbound lanes of the interstate are shut down for the time being with traffic at a standstill, according to CPD spokesperson Scott Beaubien.
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At 5 p.m., traffic was backed up past Exit 8 to Exit 4.
The condition of the motorists involved has not been released.
Police have asked for the public to find alternate routes until the scene can be cleared.