MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) — A 14-year-old was killed and three others were injured in a car crash in Murfreesboro on Tuesday.
Murfreesboro Police say the crash happened at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and Kingdom Dr. at 11:04 a.m.
The front seat passenger in the Audi A4 sedan died at the scene.
The 16-year-old driver and another 14-year-old back seat passenger were taken to Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital and then Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital.
The 47-year-old driver of an Acura MDX utility vehicle was also taken to Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford as well.
These three are being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The teens are Blackman High School students and were returning to school after attending a state volleyball tournament at Rockvale High School.
According to police, a preliminary investigation suggested that the driver of the Acura was attempting to turn left onto Veterans Parkway in the path of the Audi.
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This story by Aaron Cantrell reminds me of my first school in Dyersburg, TN. I was a student at Bruce School from Kindergarten to second grade until the school system was integrated. My parents graduated from this K-12 school in 1960 in one of the city's African American communities. After sitting empty for several years, part of the school was demolished while the rest was renovated and now serves as a community center for the Bruce community in Dyersburg. A local pastor is now trying to do something similar in the Cemetery community in Rutherford Co.
-Lelan Statom
