Updated: November 1, 2017


THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL HAS RELEASED DETAILS IN THE DEADLY CRASH FROM LAST MONDAY THAT KEPT PARTS OF INTERSTATE 65 CLOSED FOR MOST OF THE EVENING.  ACCORDING TO REPORTS, LAUREN JACKSON, 31 WAS DRIVING A NISSAN SENTRA, WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT I 65 ONTO 840 AND LOST CONTROL.  THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD AND CROSSED BACK OVER THE ONE LANE EXIT RAMP BEFORE HITTING A CONCRETE BARRIER AND ROLLING OVER.  THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE.  JACKSON, ALONG WITH HER TWO CHILDREN, ONE YEAR OLD, ALEX JACKSON AND THREE YEAR OLD, ALEXANNA JACKSON,  WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.