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Multiple drivers hit by debris in I-24 landslide

Posted at 4:13 PM, Mar 05, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-05 17:13:39-05

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Multiple drivers were hit by debris from the massive landslide that covered I-24 during February's historic flooding.

One of the drivers, Thomas Ohara, from New Jersey, told Metro Nashville Police officers that as he was traveling south on Interstate 24 East, a tree suddenly fell from the roadside cliff and onto the front of his vehicle.

Ohara said he wasn't able to avoid the tree and that it was so large that it completely disabled his vehicle.

Another driver, Andelko Burcih of Lebanon, told police he was traveling east on I-24 West when trees began falling off the side of the road and onto the interstate. One of the trees fell on top of his vehicle.

Police said several other vehicle were hit by trees falling in the same area, but no injuries were reported.