MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A head-on collision on Interstate 840 Sunday evening left one person dead and another seriously injured, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The crash occurred in the Murfreesboro area near the Interstate 24 interchange, around the 53-mile marker. Authorities reported that the collision took place in the westbound lanes, but investigators believe the sequence of events began in the eastbound lanes.
According to state troopers, a 19-year-old driver, identified as Brookelyn Whitaker, was traveling eastbound on I-840 in a 2015 Nissan Altima when her vehicle left the roadway and entered the center median. The preliminary report indicates that the Altima then re-entered traffic by crossing into the westbound lanes, where it collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle.
The second vehicle involved was a 2008 Saturn Outlook driven by 62-year-old Glenda Herron. Troopers reported that Herron, driving the small SUV, was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash but still sustained serious injuries. The extent of those injuries has not been publicly disclosed…