Fleeing Driver Injures 4 Near Music Row: Police

NASHVILLE, TN — A driver racing away from a traffic stop hit an SUV, injuring the four people inside — two of them critically — Wednesday night near Music Row.

Around 9:30 p.m., a Metro Police officer attempted to stop a car for a traffic violation, but it sped away and into the intersection of 17th Avenue South and Edgehill, hitting an SUV.

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Two of the people inside the SUV were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with critical injuries, the driver was transported with non-life-threatening injuries and another passenger was treated on the scene.

Metro Police say the driver has outstanding warrants and that there were drugs inside the car.

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