Tennessee 18-Year-Old Charged with Vehicular Homicide for Sunday Morning Collision that Killed Motorcyclist

Tennessee 18-Year-Old Charged with Vehicular Homicide for Sunday Morning Collision that Killed Motorcyclisttwitter

Tennessee State News by River Lange-Wright

A motorcyclist killed when a pickup truck pulled into his path on Murfreesboro Pike at Glengarry Drive is identified as a 39-year-old Antioch man. Efforts to locate his family have been unsuccessful thus far.

The pickup truck driver, who left the scene of the collision but called in a short time later from his apartment complex on Winthorne Drive, is identified as Manuel Rivas-Castaneda, 18.

He was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for treatment of non-critical injuries. Rivas-Castaneda smelled of alcohol and admitted to drinking at a party prior to the crash. He was arrested this afternoon upon his release from the hospital and is charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication, leaving the scene of a crash involving death, failure to render aid, and driving without a license.

Rivas-Castaneda is being held in lieu of a $108,000 bond.

The investigation into the crash shows that:

• The victim was riding his 2014 Harley Davidson motorcycle outbound on Murfreesboro Pike;
• Rivas-Castaneda was traveling inbound in a 2006 GMC Sierra pickup truck.
• The GMC made a left turn to proceed onto Glengarry Drive.
• The motorcycle collided into the side of the pickup truck.
• The victim died shortly after arriving at Vanderbilt.
• A passenger riding with Rivas-Castaneda was not critically hurt

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