MEMPHIS, TN — A pre-dawn crash on Interstate 40 turned a Tennessee highway into a scene of heartbreak Friday morning, claiming the life of a baby and leaving four others battered. The twisted wreckage near Appling Road tells a story of chaos—and cops are racing to figure out why it happened.
It was 5:15 a.m. on February 21, 2025, when three vehicles collided on I-40’s eastbound stretch in northeast Memphis, just shy of Whitten Road. Memphis Police say a baby—not even 2 years old—didn’t make it, trapped in a car with a man and a woman. Two other rigs, each driven by a lone guy, rounded out the pile-up. One flipped on its side, metal mangled across the asphalt, as FOX13 cameras captured the grim aftermath. Four survivors—three men and a woman—were rushed to hospitals, their conditions a mystery for now.
What went wrong? That’s the question haunting investigators. No word yet on speed, weather, or a stray swerve—just a highway shut down for hours, westbound lanes clogged until nearly 9 a.m. Locals are gutted. “This breaks me,” one X user, @TWoodTV, posted, echoing a flood of prayers online.
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As of February 23, 2025, the Memphis PD’s still piecing it together, and a grieving community waits for clarity. Was it a split-second mistake or something darker? The highway’s open again, but the scars—and the questions—linger.
