Update: The driver has been identified as Nicole Switalski, 28.
A driver has died following Wednesday’s 11 p.m. single-car crash at 1115 Jackson Street. A Kia Seltos was traveling westbound on I-40 when, for reasons unknown, it left the roadway and struck a fence, rock wall and a utility pole before coming to rest.
The driver, tentatively identified as a 28-year-old Nashville woman, was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she died. Efforts are underway to notify her family.
There was no evidence of impairment at the scene. Speed is believed to be a contributing factor.