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Nashville singer-songwriter killed in crash on I-24 in Montgomery County

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Nashville singer-songwriter has been identified as the person killed in a crash on December 8.

The happened on I-24 in Montgomery County just after 3 a.m.

As the vehicle was traveling west in the right lane of I-24, the driver, later identified as 40-year-old Larysa Jackson, lost control and her vehicle left the roadway.

The vehicle proceeded to travel down an embankment to the roadway below before overturning.

Jackson's PR company issued the following on her passing:

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