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A 50-year-old man is in critical condition after he was struck by a car on Interstate 24 exit ramp near the Shelby Street exit Thursday night.
Crews were called to the scene of the incident just after 7:01 p.m., according to Metro Police traffic data. The westbound exit ramp from Interstate 40 and 24 has been blocked and is expected to stay closed until 11:30 p.m.
The victim was sent to a local hospital after being evaluated by medics. No additional information about the circumstances surrounding the incident were available.
Police have identified the man killed in a single-vehicle crash near his home in Brandywine, Md.
According to a preliminary investigation, 44-year-old James Townsend was heading northbound on Cherry Tree Crossing Road around 8:40 p.m. Thursday when he left the road near Old Indian Head Highway and struck a tree.
Police don't know why Townsend's vehicle left the road, but they are looking into whether speed was a factor in the accident.
Townsend, who lived on Cherry Tree Crossing Road, was pronounced dead at an area hospital
A duo accused of stealing a car and crashing it in North Nashville in the wee hours of this morning -- killing a backseat passenger -- face a variety of charges and may have links to an earlier car theft.
Driver Derrick Thomas, 16, of Torbett Street, was treated and released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He's being booked into juvenile detention and will be facing charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, evading police, driving without a license, curfew violation and auto theft.