Man jumps from bridge after crash on I-40

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A major rollover crash closed Interstate 24/Interstate 40 near downtown Nashville Tuesday morning.

The crash happened around 4:45 a.m. on the Silliman Evans Bridge near mile marker 210.

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Metro police reported 32-year-old Shondarrius Cook was driving a Toyota Camry eastbound at a high rate of speed on I-40 where I-24 East and I-40 East merge.

According to a press release, Cook came up on another vehicle and attempted to change lanes but due to his speed, lost control of the car. The Camry crashed through a metal guard rail on the left side of the Interstate and rolled, landing upside down on the left shoulder of I-40 West.

After the crash, Cook, got out of the car and ran across all four lanes of the interstate before jumping from the bridge over Hermitage Avenue onto a small ledge. He then jumped from the ledge onto the sidewalk along Hermitage Avenue.

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Responding officers stopped him there and took him to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

There is no evidence that he was impaired. Metro police reported Cook has three outstanding warrants for two probation violations and failure to appear.

The interstates reopened to traffic around 8 a.m. No additional information was immediately released.

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