I-24 Crash Takes The Life Of Local Man

Chopper leaves for hospital... By Barry West

Emergency crews work to get victims out of wreckage... Photo by Barry West

Interstate 24 was closed for over two hours Tuesday afternoon around mile marker 121 after a one-car crash around 12:20 p.m. took the life of a Beech Grove man and sent a Manchester man to Vanderbilt Medical Center for treatment. According to Tennessee Highway Patrolman Charles Graham, Wendell Reed, 62, was driving a 2007 Nissan went he went off the roadway and he pulled back onto the roadway and crossed into the median. The car eventually ended up flipping until stopping in the median on its top. Reed was pronounced dead at the scene while William Dewolfe of Manchester was flown to the Nashville hospital.