I-24 crash near Manchester kills one Tuesday

Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 10:06 am

One man is dead and another injured after a one-car crash on Interstate 24 Tuesday afternoon.

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Staff photo by John Coffelt - Pictured is the car driven by Wendell Reed, 62, that flipped Tuesday afternoon. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.

At approximately 12:20 p.m., Wendell Reed, 62, of Beech Grove, was driving a 2007 Nissan when he went off the roadway at mile marker 121, pulled back onto the roadway and crossed into the median. The car flipped and came to a rest in the median on its top, according to Tennessee Highway Patrolman Charles Graham.

Reed was pronounced dead at the scene. Meanwhile, William Dewolfe of Manchester was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.


 

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