Head-on crash takes Nashville man's life

Emergency personnel use cutting tools to remove the body of Ahmed Ali Elmi of Nashville from his car following an accident Saturday morning at U.S. 231 North and Whiteside Road. (T-G Photo by David Melson) [Click to enlarge] [Order this photo]

A Nashville man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 231 North in Shelbyville early Saturday.

Ahmed Ali Elmi, 31, was dead at the scene, accident investigator Matt Griffy of the Shelbyville Police Department said.

Elmi's small car and a full-size pickup truck driven by Shelby Tyson, 17, Carr Creek Road, collided at the intersection of U.S. 231 North and Whiteside Road shortly before 6 a.m., police said.

"The driver of the truck admitted she had been drinking and may have fallen asleep," Griffy said. "She was inbound, crossed the turn lane and struck the Elmi car, causing her truck to turn onto its side."

Griffy said he was unsure if charges would be filed pending further investigation.

The Elmi car was on the northbound shoulder pointed west and the Tyson truck was on its side facing north following the crash.

Both drivers were pinned in their vehicles. Tyson was removed quickly by Shelbyville Fire Department personnel and suffered lower back pain and other injuries, investigators at the scene said. She was treated at Heritage Medical Center, Griffty said. Elmi's body was removed some time later.