NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A 38-year-old woman was killed in a crash involving a dump truck in Bellevue Sunday night.
The crash happened just after 11 p.m. at the intersection of Charlotte Pike and Old Hickory Boulevard on Sunday, Aug. 11.
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According to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD), Kendall Cartwright was driving a Ford Focus when it was hit by a Freightliner dump truck. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger inside the Ford was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with critical injuries.
Investigators believe Nicholas Sterling, 23, of Ashland City, drove the Freightliner dump truck through a flashing red light heading southbound on Old Hickory Boulevard and struck the driver’s side of the Ford as it traveled east on Charlotte Pike.
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Sterling was also taken to Vanderbilt with minor injuries. According to Metro police, there was an odor of alcohol on his breath and an open beer bottle was seen by responding officers in the floorboard of the dump truck.
A search warrant for a sample of Sterling’s blood was obtained.
Sterling was booked into the Metro jail and charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication and vehicular assault. His bond was set at $40,000.
No additional information was immediately released.
