Driver killed in wrong-way crash on I-65
A blood sample will be analyzed to determine if the driver was impaired.
MADISON, Tenn. (WSMV) – A driver died after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 65 on Thursday morning.
Roger Roland, 54, of Lawrenceburg, was killed in the crash, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.
The crash happened at about 2:30 a.m. on I-65N near the Vietnam Veterans Boulevard exit. Police said Roland was driving his Ford Ranger pickup truck south in a northbound lane when he hit a semi head-on and died at the scene.
A wheel from Roland’s Ranger came off during the crash and hit a Goodlettsville police officer’s vehicle. The officer was not injured, police said.
The driver of the semi was transported to Skyline Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
A blood sample from Roland will be tested to determine he was impaired during the fatal crash, police said.
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