NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A woman was arrested for a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a man in a wheelchair on Sunday afternoon.
The crash took place in the 1200 block of Gallatin Pike S. in the Madison area. Police said 60-year-old Stephen Carmon was hit and killed by a silver Chevy Monte Carlo at 1:20 p.m.
60-year-old Linda Trice is charged by Metro Police with vehicular homicide by intoxication and leaving the scene of a crash involving death.
Linda Trice, 60, is being charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication & leaving the scene of a crash involving death in relation to pedestrian Stephen Carmon, 60, being killed while in a motorized wheelchair. The investigation shows Carmon was on the sidewalk when he was hit. https://t.co/FBajHGfIAR pic.twitter.com/eKdiHZpUYc
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) August 16, 2021
Officers said Carmon was not in the road at the time of the crash. He was sitting at a bus stop when the car drove over the sidewalk and ran him into the bus stop. Trice then immediately drove off.
Police eventually found her silver car on East Webster Drive and took Trice into custody.
