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1 dead, 1 injured in car crash on Dickerson Pike near Dellway Drive

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One person is dead and another is injured after a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning.

Metro Nashville Police responded to the area of Dickerson Pike and Dellway Drive around 4:20 a.m.

Early investigations show that Ke'asia Franklin, 21, was driving a Chrysler 200 southbound at a high rate of speed when the vehicle veered left, crossed into other lanes of traffic, and left the roadway before crashing into a wooden utility pole.

Franklin then drove the vehicle through a metal fence and crashed into a metal pole before the vehicle came to a rest.

Officials say that Franklin died at the scene following the crash.

No further information is available at this time.


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