A snowy Saturday night proves busy for first responders in Rutherford County. Around 10:00 p.m., crews from Rutherford County Fire Rescue (RCFR), Almaville Volunteer Fire Department, Kittrell Volunteer Fire Department, Christiana Volunteer Fire Department, Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS), and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) responded to an outbuilding fire on Thompson Road. When…
Murfreesboro Police Department Fatal Accident Crash Team (F.A.C.T.) is investigating a construction accident where the driver of a road grader accidentally backed over and killing a flagman directing traffic on Thursday, Dec. 17. The victim, 21-year-old Nicholas Patrick Oliver died at the scene. The preliminary investigation reveals construction workers with Rollins Excavation were in the…
Three awareness checkpoints will be held Friday to combat the rising number of traffic deaths this year in Rutherford County, a Rutherford County Sheriff’s sergeant said. Forty people lost their lives in traffic crashes this year as compared with 23 at this time last year, said Sgt. Michael Rodgers. “The holiday season is notoriously rough…
Emergency responders are crediting several civilians for saving the life of a motorcyclist trapped underneath a vehicle following a crash on Saturday, Nov. 7. The civilians sprang into action, using car jacks from their vehicles, lifting the weight of an SUV off the injured motorcyclist. The crash occurred on Mall Circle Drive next to Home…
Officers have TASED and detained one man who crashed a vehicle into a police squad car in the back parking lot at the La Vergne Police Department. Several officers were in the parking lot around 7:30 p.m. when the collision occurred. The officers drew their weapons and ordered the driver out of the car. When…
One person died in a tractor-trailer crash and fire on Interstate 24 about 5:45 p.m. at the 72-mile marker toward Nashville between Interstate 840 and Almaville Road. The truck hauled cattle. Deputies are corralling cattle into a field and helping with traffic. EMS paramedics are treating a patient while Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue extinguishes the…
A Murfreesboro man riding a bicycle dies after colliding with a vehicle on S. Church Street Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 7. The impact caused the victim, 71-year old Herbert Knee, to be tossed from the bike and land several feet away. Knee was treated on the scene by personnel with the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department and…
The man who died in a single-vehicle crash on N. Rutherford Blvd. Wednesday, Sept. 2, has been identified as Ricky Allen Thomas, 59, of Murfreesboro. Thomas was traveling south on N. Rutherford Blvd. when his vehicle, a 2002 Ford Ranger pickup, left the roadway and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead on the scene….
A Murfreesboro man died in single-vehicle crash Wednesday, Sept. 2. Murfreesboro Police Department officers responded to the crash on N. Rutherford Blvd., near MTSU Blvd., around 9:51 p.m. Fatal Accident Crash Team (F.A.C.T.) investigators said a 59-year-old man was traveling south on N. Rutherford Blvd. in a pickup when he left the roadway and struck…
The victim of the fatal hit and run crash last Friday is 73-year-old Elizabeth Jernigan, of Murfreesboro. Jernigan and hit while crossing Memorial Blvd. by a man driving a Nissan Maxima around 9:17 p.m. August 14. She was pronounced deceased at Stones Crest Medical Center a short time later. The investigation is active and on-going….