Police tentatively identified the man who died in a fiery wreck early Friday as Bradley Sage, 29, of Nashville.
The wreck happened just after midnight on Old Hickory Boulevard near Tolbert Road, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.
The Nissan Rogue police say Sage was driving was engulfed in flames after colliding with a tractor-trailer truck.
Callers to 911 said they tried to get Sage out of the SUV, but the fire grew too quickly, according to Nashville Fire Department spokesperson Kendra Loney.
Sage died at the scene, police said.
How the wreck unfolded
A preliminary investigation shows that the truck driver slowed to a stop as he prepared to make a U-turn, checked for approaching vehicles, activated his hazard lights and began making the turn, according to police.