Murfreesboro Police Department seeks witnesses of fatal three-car crash

The Murfreesboro Police Department’s Fatal Accident Crash Team (FACT) is urgently seeking witnesses to a fatal three-car collision that occurred on Wednesday, Dec. 4, just before 1 p.m. on outbound NW Broad Street near I-840.

The preliminary investigation suggests that the female driver of a 2020 Kia Rio may have improperly changed lanes, resulting in a collision with a 2015 Kia Optima. Both vehicles were traveling south on NW Broad Street. The impact forced the Kia Rio to veer into the northbound lanes. It was then struck by a 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. Debris from the collision also hit a Chrysler minivan traveling northbound.

The 24-year-old female driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators will release her identity in coordination with the family. No one else was injured.

Investigators are currently examining whether drugs and alcohol played a role in the fatal crash. Investigators found possible drugs and an open bottle of alcohol in one of the cars.

The driver of the Kia Optima, 19-year-old Brandon Alexander, was arrested at the scene on two unrelated outstanding warrants for theft and criminal simulation. Alexander also had a loaded AR-15 in his car.

The exact cause of the crash remains under investigation by FACT.

Investigators request that anyone who might have witnessed the crash to contact FACT investigator Officer Derrick Bush by email at [email protected].