NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One person is dead following a hit-and-run crash Saturday morning.
Officials have identified the person killed as a 69-year-old Nashville man.
Metro Police responded to the scene at the intersection of Wallace Road and Nolensville Pike around 1:30 a.m.
A passing motorist said the man, for reasons unknown at this time, fell into the roadway. The witness began to make a U-turn to help him when he was struck by a dark colored sedan that was traveling at a high rate of speed and did not stop. He died at the scene.
Police report there was a distinct fluid trail on the roadway from the collision. That trail led to the suspect vehicle, a 2011 gray Hyundai Sonata, parked and unoccupied at a nearby residence. There was evidence of alcohol involvement on behalf of the hit and run driver found in the Sonata and at the scene.
NewsChannel 5 will update this story as more details are released.
