NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A motorcyclist was killed overnight in a crash at 4th Avenue South and Korean Veterans Boulevard. It's the same downtown intersection, near the Omni Hotel and Bell Tower, where another fatal crash happened just last week.
Metro Police officials said 23-year-old Kaden Chapman of Crossville was riding his motorcycle east on Korean Veterans Boulevard. A Toyota Yaris turned left in front of him at 4th Avenue South. The impact threw Chapman from his bike, and he later died at the hospital. The 22-year-old driver of the car was cited for failure to yield.
This follows last week’s deadly hit-and-run at the same intersection that claimed the life of a pedestrian. But Metro Police said, in the last year, there’s been just one other non-fatal crash there.
Last week, police charged 41-year-old George Henein of Murfreesboro in a hit-and-run at the same intersection. Investigators said Henein hit a pedestrian just after 3 a.m., critically injuring 28-year-old Nicholas Leonhardt of Charlotte, North Carolina. Henein later admitted he was the driver and now faces multiple charges.
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