Crime & Safety
Nashville Good Samaritan Narrowly Avoids Carjacking
A woman who had stopped to help a disabled vehicle nearly fell victim to a carjacking in south Nashville early Tuesday.
NASHVILLE, TN — Quick thinking likely saved a Good Samaritan from being carjacked early Tuesday morning on Interstate 24.
A woman saw a crash on the shoulder of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 24 near the Harding Place exit around 12:30 Tuesday morning and stopped to help, but as she got out of her car, she was approached by a man with a knife who demanded her vehicle.
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She activated her car's alarm, which scared the man, who fled.
Later, police arrested Alfredo Martinez, 27, and charged him with attempted robbery, driving without a license and leaving the scene of an accident.
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