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Memphis police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident, which happened early Saturday morning on I-55 near Shelby Drive.
Police say a 69-year-old male pulled over on the interstate's emergency lane to pick up something he dropped out of his window; that is when another car struck him. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
His wife told police he dropped his cell phone out of the window.
Witnesses followed the hit-and-run car to Millbranch and Stateline roads. Southaven police detained the two suspects but have not released the victims name.
A police officer was involved in a five-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 Westbound, just before Danny Thomas. Police say that no one involved was seriously injured.
This multi-car accident was reported around 9:45 a.m. on Monday.
Traffic is backed up in that area as the interstate is down to just one lane.
With her 8-month-old daughter in the car, Nicole Berg allegedly used her SUV to plow into a car containing her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
Berg, 25, has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault. She is being held on $50,000 bond.
According to Memphis police, the incident began Tuesday on Oak Road, when Berg saw the new couple outside a 1984 Bronco. Berg, police said, rammed the Bronco, but no one was inside.