The female pedestrian struck and killed on I-40 West near Old Hickory Boulevard Tuesday at 12:30 a.m. is identified as Melena Sanderson, 42, of Nashville.
The preliminary investigation shows that she exited a gray SUV and walked onto the interstate from the right shoulder. Sanderson was struck by a burgundy sedan that did not stop and then by several other vehicles. The driver of the SUV that she exited from also left the scene. Only the driver of a Fiat, who witnessed the collision, remained…