Officials work to identify driver of fatal single vehicle crash in Nashville
Nashville police say the driver of a Nissan Murano involved in a single vehicle crash around 4:30 a.m. Sunday on Glastonbury Road at Southwood Park Place has died.
A Metro Nashville Police preliminary investigation noted the vehicle was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed when it ran off the right side of the road as it approached an intersection.
The vehicle struck a brick wall and culvert – a structure like a pipe or tunnel that allows water to flow freely under a road or through an embankment.
The driver was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she died, police said.
Police have not identified the driver.
Police say the Medical Examiner's Office will work to identify the driver and conduct toxicology tests.
Katie Nixon can be reached at knixon@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville police work to identify driver of fatal single vehicle crash
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