Carlos Cruz-Gomez, 23, is jailed on charges of vehicular homicide by intoxication and driving without a license in connection with this morning’s collision on I-24 west near Haywood Lane that killed Nashvillian William Klomp, Jr., 43.
The investigation shows that Klomp’s Ford Focus had broken down on the right shoulder of I-24. He was sitting in the vehicle when a Chevrolet Econoline van being driven by Cruz-Gomez left its lane of travel and hit the Ford at 1:25 a.m. Klomp was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died.
Cruz-Gomez, of Antioch, admitted to drinking 4 beers and two mixed drinks and showed indicators of impairment. An open container of beer was found in the van. A blood sample from Cruz-Gomez will be analyzed by the MNPD crime laboratory for alcohol content.
Cruz-Gomez is being held in lieu of $80,000 bond.
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