Murfreesboro Police Department officers are investigating a possible road rage incident involving a motorcycle rider and the driver of an SUV on Friday, Sept. 24. The SUV flipped after it crashed into a City of Murfreesboro Rover bus. Several people were injured. The crash occurred in front of Bumpus Harley Davidson on NW Broad St….
Murfreesboro Police Department officers are searching for the driver of a black Mercedes that was involved in a hit-and-run crash. The crash caused a power outage to thousands of residents and businesses on Friday, Sept. 3. The Mercedes struck a white GMC 2500 work truck and then hit a guy wire and damage a TVA…
UPDATE: The Cessna single engine plane that crashed in Murfreesboro just before 9am this morning has been moved from the scene and taken to a secure location. The pilot was alert and talking and is at the hospital being treated for his injuries. Dejarnette Lane is back open to traffic. FAA/NTSB will be investigating. TRAFFIC…
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…
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…
One Rutherford County Schools’ student and one driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a school bus crash Wednesday on U.S. Highway 41/70 (John Bragg Highway), Rutherford County authorities said. Emergency Medical Services paramedics evaluated the four students on the bus and transported the driver of a car to St. Thomas Rutherford. Rutherford County Schools’ spokesman James…
A man, with drugs, in a stolen vehicle plows through a red light causing a multi-vehicle crash after police attempted to make a traffic stop for reckless driving on Tuesday, Oct. 20. An unknown male passenger is still on the run. 18-year-old Steven Birdwell is facing drug violations, theft, reckless driving, evading arrest, leaving the…
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…
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….