Both drivers die in wrong-way crash on I-65
Two vehicles collided head-on and shut down all southbound lanes early Sunday morning.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The fatal crash team with the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) is investigating a head-on collision that killed both drivers on I-65 Sunday morning.
On Sunday afternoon, Metro Police identified the two drivers as 19-year-old Corban Sheridan of Franklin and 36-year-old Kelly Tolliver of Brentwood.
According to MNPD, a car traveling north on I-65 entered the southbound side of the interstate and began traveling in the wrong direction. That car then collided head-on with another vehicle between the Harding Place and Old Hickory Blvd. exits. Both drivers were killed in the crash.
There were no other occupants in either car.
All southbound lanes were shut down for several hours early Sunday morning for the investigation and for crews to remove the wreckage from the roadway.
The interstate reopened going south around 730 a.m.
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