Update: The driver of the Honda Accord, Aidan Chenoweth, 23, was arrested over the weekend and charged with two counts of reckless endangerment and one count of reckless homicide after he was found to be driving in excess of 90 miles per hour just prior to the June 9th crash that killed Sofia Balk.
A driver has died following Friday night’s crash on I-24 East at the Haywood Lane ramp. The preliminary investigation indicates a Honda Accord was traveling east when, for reasons unknown, the vehicle lost control and is believed to have struck the front of a Ford Fusion, causing the Ford to lose control as well.
Both vehicles entered a yaw and swerved between different lanes before they crossed through the grass median at the top of the Haywood Lane entrance ramp.
The Honda ended up in front of the Ford with its driver’s side door against a rock wall. The Ford struck the Honda in the front engine compartment.
The driver of the Ford, Sofia Balk, 17, of Chesterfield, Missouri, was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she died.
The driver of the Honda and Balk’s two passengers were all transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
There were no signs of impairment at the scene on part of either driver.