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Robert S. Cook killed, and Sheila Holmes, two others injured in single-car crash on Rutherford Boulevard near Prestwick Drive in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN
One person was killed and three others were injured in a one-car crash on Rutherford Boulevard early Wednesday morning. Police say Robert S. Cook, from Burns, TN, lost his life as a passenger in the car that crashed about 3:30 a.m. on Rutherford Boulevard near Prestwick Drive. According to authorities, the driver, Sheila Holmes, lost control of the car on a curve, hit the center median, then hit a utility pole on the other side of the road. Two other passengers in the car were hurt, and police say another passenger, Nicholas Parker, left the scene and hasn't been found.

Christopher Burnette suffers broken arm after 50 foot crash off of Tom Austin Highway in Springfield, Tennessee

Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN
Emergency workers in Robertson County can't believe a man walked away from a terrible accident without being seriously hurt. Police say Christopher Burnette's vehicle hit a guardrail on Tom Austin Highway in Springfield and then rolled multiple times, all the way down to the bottom of a 50-foot ravine just after midnight Wednesday. Burnette, who had a broken arm but no serious injuries, was able to walk back up to the highway and wait for help. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.

Off-duty MPD officer Johnathan Jones, 39, killed after his truck crashes into pole on I-55 in Memphis, Tennessee

Date: 
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Area: 
Memphis, TN
An off-duty Memphis Police officer was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 55, just before 11 Wednesday night. Off-duty MPD officer, Johnathan Jones, 39, was in a white, late-model Chevy Silverado that somehow ended up wrapped around a pole on Interstate 55, north of Brooks Road. According to authorities, he was sent to the MED in critical condition and died at the hospital Thursday morning.

One person killed after car crash on Franklin Road and Central Pike near Lebanon, Tennessee

Date: 
Monday, December 30, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN
One person has died after a crash on Tuesday evening in Wilson County. The crash was reported just after 8 p.m. near the intersection of Franklin Road and Central Pike.

Jessie Cramer, 19, Brittany Weldon, 21, and 14-year-old passenger seriously injured in car crash on U.S. 79 in Dover, Tennessee

Date: 
Monday, December 30, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN
Three young people were injured, including two who were airlifted to the hospital, after a crash on Tuesday afternoon in Stewart County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Jessie Cramer, of Paris, TN, was driving a 2008 Chevy Cobalt south on U.S. 79 near Bumpus Mills Road in Dover when the car crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a guardrail about 4 p.m. Cobalt and a 14-year-old passenger were transported by medical helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

8 injured, taken to hospital, after taxi collides with SUV in Nashville TN.

Date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN

Eight people were hospitalized following a crash near downtown Nashville early Sunday morning.

A taxi collided with an SUV just before 3 a.m. at the corner of Charlotte and 17th Avenue North.

The taxi driver and his five passengers were hospitalized along with two individuals in the SUV.

None of the victims' injuries were life-threatening.

Police do not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.

Man struck and killed by hit and run driver on I-55 in Memphis TN.

Date: 
Friday, December 27, 2013
Area: 
Memphis, TN

Memphis police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident, which happened early Saturday morning on I-55 near Shelby Drive.

Police say a 69-year-old male pulled over on the interstate's emergency lane to pick up something he dropped out of his window; that is when another car struck him. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

His wife told police he dropped his cell phone out of the window.

Witnesses followed the hit-and-run car to Millbranch and Stateline roads. Southaven police detained the two suspects but have not released the victims name.

Christopher Brian Johnson struck and killed by tractor-trailer on State Route 76.

Date: 
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN

A Clarksville man was struck and killed by a tractor trailer Friday morning on State Route 76.

Clarksville police said 44-year-old Christopher Brian Johnson was hit about 7:15 a.m. between Fire Station Road and Huntco Drive.

Family members told investigators it was Johnson's normal routine to walk or ride a bicycle in the area for exercise.

Police said the truck driver was heading northeast toward Interstate 24 when the tractor trailer hit Johnson. Officials also have not released the name of the truck driver or the company for which he was driving.

Man taken to hospital after his car is struck by train in Memphis Tenn.

Date: 
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Area: 
Memphis, TN
A Memphis driver was rushed to the hospital after colliding with a train Friday morning. The accident happened at the railroad crossing on Hollywood Street, near Liberty Bowl Stadium. Witnesses say the driver hesitated, then decided to drive over the tracks. That is when he was hit by the train. The impact of the collision pushed the car about 100 yards.

James Begley killed after being struck by car on I-24 exit ramp in Nashville.

Date: 
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Area: 
Nashville, TN

A 50-year-old man is in critical condition after he was struck by a car on Interstate 24 exit ramp near the Shelby Street exit Thursday night.

Crews were called to the scene of the incident just after 7:01 p.m., according to Metro Police traffic data. The westbound exit ramp from Interstate 40 and 24 has been blocked and is expected to stay closed until 11:30 p.m.

The victim was sent to a local hospital after being evaluated by medics. No additional information about the circumstances surrounding the incident were available.