A Nashville man is facing charges in the death of a Rutherford County resident after a firey automobile crash on Monday afternoon. After police conducted a preliminary investigation into the crash, arrest warrants charging vehicular homicide, driving on a suspended license, and four counts of aggravated assault by recklessness were issued against the 21-year-old operator of the speeding Dodge Charger that wrecked, according to Metro Police.
Metro Police report the Charger traveled into the oncoming lanes of Murfreesboro Pike near Pin Hook Road and crashed head-on into a flatbed tow truck just before 3:00 on Monday afternoon.
The front seat passenger in the Charger, 28-year-old Joshua Jenkins of LaVergne, was fatally injured. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The investigation shows the Charger was driven by Wisner Edouard of Nashville, who is accused of speeding southbound on Murfreesboro Pike and making multiple lane changes to pass slower traffic. The car entered the center turn lane, which was occupied by a Honda Civic waiting to turn left into a grocery store parking lot. The Charger sideswiped the Honda, traveled into the northbound lanes of Murfreesboro Pike, and crashed head-on into an Isuzu flatbed wrecker.
After the crash, the Charger went up in flames. Edouard was able to get out of the vehicle as a passersby pulled Jenkins and a rear seat passenger from the vehicle. Jenkins was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died as a result of injures from the wreck. Injuries to other parties were not life-threatening.
Metro Police confirmed that Edouard was arrested after his release from the hospital. He was booked into the Davidson County Jail early Tuesday morning. As of this afternoon, he is still behind bars.
Two years ago (November 16, 2021), the suspect was charged with reckless driving
for driving in excess of 104 mph in a 55 mph zone on I-440 near the Hillsboro Pike exit. He was ultimately convicted of speeding in that case.
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