Franklin, TN – At 5:25 Saturday night, calls that a pedestrian had been struck on I-65 South near Cool Springs Boulevard began flooding into the 911 Center at Franklin Police Headquarters.
Arriving officers quickly determined that the southbound driver of a pickup truck, a 19-year-old Dickson man, may have been experiencing a medical emergency moments before he struck the center divider. A Good Samaritan who saw what was happening pulled to the outside shoulder and ran to assist. While the 45-year-old Thompson’s Station woman was trying to help, for reasons unknown, the driver of the pickup rapidly accelerated, dragging her down the shoulder and crashing into a semi that had also stopped to help.
Southbound lanes of I-65 were closed while LifeFlight landed on the Interstate and airlifted the driver to Vanderbilt. The Good Samaritan was transported to Vanderbilt by ambulance. The driver of the pickup was released from the hospital this morning. The Good Samaritan remains at Vanderbilt in serious condition.
All lanes of I-65 South in Franklin reopened last night at approximately 8:00 pm.
