On Sunday morning, 39-year-old motorcyclist, a resident of Antioch, was killed after a hit-and-run accident in South Nashville.
The fatal incident took place at about 6:15 a.m. near the intersection of Glengarry Drive and Murfreesboro Pike. According to the Metro police, 18-year-old Manuel Rivas-Castaneda was driving his 2006 GMC Sierra pickup truck while intoxicated.
He attempted to make a left turn onto Glengarry Drive and collided with a 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by a 39-year-old man. Rivas-Castaneda fled the scene after the accident and called police shortly after from his apartment on Winthorne Drive.
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A 39-year-old motorcyclist dead in a fatal two-vehicle collision in South Nashville
July 26, 2021