All westbound I-40 at Sam Cooper Boulevard lanes were closed for an uncertain amount of time due to a death investigation Tuesday.
Memphis Police confirmed that a man jumped from the overpass and was taken to Regional One Hospital. They later referred to it as a death investigation.
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A report from West Memphis Police Department, officers located a stolen vehicle on Ingram Boulevard around 2:03 a.m. on Wednesday.
Before officers could make contact, the suspects in the vehicle drove off and officers began to pursue them.
The report says officers pursued the car eastbound on I-40, where the suspects hit an officer’s car before crashing into the concrete divider wall, disabling the vehicle.
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The driver then got out of the car, jumped over the divider and ran across traffic in the westbound lanes.
He then jumped over the north-facing concrete wall where he fell a substantial distance to the ground, according to WMPD.
He did not survive his injuries from the fall and was pronounced dead on the scene.
