NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Nearly a year after a member of a Tennessee Department of Transportation trash pickup crew was hit along Interstate 65, Nashville authorities announced a woman had been charged in connection with his death.

On Aug. 16, 2024, a TDOT spokesperson said a contracted employee who was picking up bags of previously collected litter on the shoulder had been struck near Crieve Hall at mile marker 76 on I-65 North.

According to an affidavit, Raymon Cruz-Sanchez was brought to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, but the 49-year-old died on Oct. 6, 2024.

Months later, on Wednesday, July 30, the Metro Nashville Police Department announced a 27-year-old woman had been charged with misdemeanor failure to yield resulting in death in relation t

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