Man Hit, Killed After Running Out of Gas on I-24 in Murfreesboro

A driver who ran out of gas on Interstate 24 in Murfreesboro was hit and killed as he walked to get help.

It happened just before 4 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-24 near Medical Center Parkway.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol told News 2 the man and a woman were driving on the interstate when their car ran out of gas.

The man left the car and started walking down the interstate for help.

A driver told the THP he did not see the man and hit him. The man died. His identity has not been released.

Additional information was not immediately released.

Courtesy of WKRN News 2