(MURFREESBORO) Here's an update on the fatal Friday afternoon (12/17/2021) crash that occurred at 4:16PM on I-24 westbound (toward Nashville) near the Joe B. Jackson Parkway. A Manchester man was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

According to the Preliminary Report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Erik Elgouhary of Manchester was traveling alone in his 2005 Dodge Ram 2500.

Sgt. Alex Campbell told NewsRadio WGNS that the Highway Patrol's investigation indicates that Elgouhary lost control of the vehicle, and veered off the right side of the interstate at mile marker 84.2 and slammed into a tree. 

While he was being extricated from the truck, first-responders pronounced the 46-year old driver deceased.