TN Man Kenneth Hendrix Jr ID’d As Victim In Saturday Nashville Motorcycle-VS-Taxi Collision

NASHVILLE, TN. (THECOUNT) — Kenneth Hendrix Jr., has been identified as the victim killed in an early Saturday motorcycle crash in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hendrix, 23, was operating a motorcycle on Murfreesboro Road near Ransom Place, in Nashville at a high rate of speed when the fatal crash occurred.

Police say a taxi van was performing a left hand turn in Antioch neighborhood of Nashville when it was broadsided by Hendrix’s Suzuki motorcycle.

Hendrix was thrown from the bike and sustained multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The taxi driver, who fully cooperated with officials, was uninjured in the collision.

Witnesses told officials Hendrix appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed when the fatal crash occurred just after midnight.

Investigators said no evidence at the scene showed alcohol or drug involvement in the crash and that excessive speed was the contributing factor to the crash, reports WSMV.

No one was cited at the scene.

Geo quick facts: Antioch is a neighborhood in southeastern Davidson County, Tennessee governed by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. The area is assigned to postal Zip Code 37013 – Wikipedia.

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