I-24 Westbound at Exit 81 shut down Tuesday due to a deadly multi-vehicle crash.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a 19-year-old was killed in the crash.
THP states that Bianca Benford was traveling east in a Nissan Altima on I-24 when her vehicle crossed the median and entered the westbound lanes, hitting a Nissan Rogue and injuring the driver.
Both vehicles rested in the two westbound lanes.
The lanes reopened shortly after 8 a.m.

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