Update, 7:30 p.m.: The interstate has been reopened, police said.
Update, 5:30 p.m.: Tennessee Department of Transportation is shutting down I-24 westbound at the Exit 11 offramp.
Two motorcyclists were killed in the wreck, Beaubien said.
All traffic is being diverted off of the interstate and onto Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
Previously:
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A fatal crash involving a motorcycle took place on Interstate 24 Saturday afternoon.
At about 4:20 p.m., there was a fatal crash on I-24 westbound near the Exit 11 overpass, according to CPD spokesman Scott Beaubien. At least one motorcycle was involved.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and Clarksville Fire Rescue were working the wreck, and westbound traffic was being diverted off the interstate at Exit 11 and back onto I-24.