Vehicular homicide and vehicular assault charges have been filed against Nicholas Sterling, a 23-year-old dump truck driver from Ashland City, following a fatal crash that occurred Sunday at 11 p.m. on Charlotte Pike at Old Hickory Boulevard. According to the preliminary investigation, Sterling was driving a Freightliner dump truck southbound on Old Hickory Boulevard when he ran a flashing red light and collided with a Ford Focus traveling east on Charlotte Pike.
The driver of the Ford Focus, Kendall Cartwright, 38, of Nashville, was pronounced dead at the scene. A male passenger in the Ford, who has not yet been identified due to a lack of identification, was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with critical injuries. Sterling also sustained minor injuries and was taken to the same hospital.
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Responding officers detected an odor of alcohol on Sterling’s breath and found an open beer bottle on the floorboard of the dump truck. A search warrant was obtained for a sample of Sterling’s blood. After his release from the hospital, Sterling was booked and is currently being held on a $40,000 bond.
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