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Metro police have identified the victims involved in a deadly crash along I-65 northbound in Madison Saturday evening.
The crash was reported around 6 p.m. near mile marker 94.
Police say the crash was triggered by a man who pulled over his truck to pick up debris from a blown tires.
A motorcyclist who was driving through the area crashed into the man, sending the driver, Eric Lee Knight, 34, of Adolphus, Kentucky and his passenger airborne.
Knight was then hit by another vehicle, and pronounced dead at the scene.
Northbound Interstate 65 is shut down north of Bear Creek Pike after a crash.
Officials say a tractor-trailer is spilling diesel onto the interstate at mile marker 46.
The Maury County Fire Department, Maury County Emergency Management and the Columbia Fire Department's hazmat team are on the scene.
There is no estimate on how long the closure will last at this time.