Tennessee Trooper Risks His Life Facing Wrong-Way Driver On I-40

Dickson County, Tennessee – This is the terrifying moment a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper faced a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Interstate 40, with dashcam footage capturing the crash that left both drivers injured.

Sgt. Goddard of the Memphis District was returning from training in Nashville on Thursday, September 24, 2026, when an elderly man driving the wrong way on I-40 approached his patrol car near mile marker 176 close to the I-840 interchange.