Update 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, July 17: Police identified the pedestrian killed in a collision with a dump truck as Charles E. Barber, 61, who was believed to be homeless.

A portion of Broadway was shut down for several hours on Tuesday due to a fatal crash involving a pedestrian and a dump truck, Metro police said.

A man was attempting to cross 13th Avenue South near the Broadway intersection around 10:20 a.m., police said, but he was not in a crosswalk.

According to a Metro Nashville dispatcher, emergency crews shut down the Interstate 40 west exit ramp to Broadway and a portion of Broadway near 13th Avenue North.

At the scene, a body was seen underneath a yellow tarp.

MNPD had not identified the individual killed in the crash as of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

At the time of the collision, cars were stopped at a red light, and police believe the man was attempting to walk between the vehicles to cross the roadway.

A witness who was with the man, only known to him by a nickname, said he was impaired at the time of the crash. Police have not yet determined whether drugs or alcohol were involved in the case.

The dump truck driver, a 71-year-old Madison man, told police he did not see the pedestrian before the collision.

The driver was not injured in the crash, police said.

This is a developing story.