Update: Man who fell off tailgate of moving truck dies from injuries

The man who fell of the tailgate of a truck Saturday night at the Russellville Road Circle K has died from his injuries.

As previously reported, 65-year old Thomas Bernhardt of Hopkinsville sustained a severe head injury when he fell off the tailgate of a pickup that was pulling out of the gas station parking lot onto Russellville Road at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday.

He was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center after treatment at Jennie Stuart, and died at the Nashville hospital.