Police said the man hit was identified as 31-year-old Johnathan Morales. He died on the scene after being hit by the RV. Police did not say why Morales was on the highway at the time of the crash.

There were no vehicle or witness accounts.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. All of the interstate's eastbound lanes of near Donelson Pike were shut down after the crash for more than three hours.

The mother of the man hit on Intestate 40 is sharing what she knows about the night he died on the roadway as a pedestrian.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Metro Nashville Police Department identified the pedestrian who was hit and killed on Interstate 40 East on Tuesday morning. According to police, 22-year-old Austin S. David, of Mt. Juliet, was killed after he was struck between the Donelson Pike and Stewarts Ferry Pike exits.

The westbound lanes on a section of Interstate 40 West in Greensboro are currently shut down due to a “police investigation”, according to the Greensboro Police Department. Traffic on I-40 West is currently being rerouted onto Exit 210 for Regional Road/NC 68 Around three miles of the westbound I-40 is closed