La VERGNE, TN (WGNS News) – For the second time in as many weeks, a multi‑vehicle crash has hit the same one‑mile stretch of I‑24 near the Rutherford‑Davidson County line—a corridor that has quietly become one of the most dangerous in Middle Tennessee. Friday (1/16/2026) night’s wreck was reported shortly after 6:00PM, when a motorist called in the crash near mile marker 63.8 on the eastbound side, just before the Waldron Road exit into La Vergne. Conditions were made were by the rain that has moved into the area and the fact that ihe sun set over an hour earlier, thus it was totally dark. Temps had not plumeted and were still in the low 50s.
TDOT’s SmartWay system confirmed that the Tennessee Highway Patrol responded quickly, closing the right lane and right shoulder while emergency crews worked the scene. Even with three lanes still open, traffic funneled down to a slow crawl as drivers eased past flashing lights and damaged vehicles. Commuters heading into Rutherford County from Nashville felt the pinch almost immediately.
This isn’t an isolated incident. That stretch of interstate—from roughly mile marker 63 through 84, running between La Vergne and Smyrna—has become one of the most crash‑prone areas in the region. Tennessee Highway Patrol data shows more than 2,500 crashes occurred there between January 2022 and January 2025. Over 300 of those involved suspected injuries, and 17 were fatal…