UPDATE: Victim of fatal multi-vehicle crash in Murfreesboro identified Jun 03, 2021 at 09:13 am by WGNS
UPDATED: MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The 66-year old Murfreesboro man involved in a multi-vehicle crash on Lebanon Pike (Hwy 231) Tuesday, June 2, has been identified as Tibor Koritsanszky.
Koritsanszky suffered severe injuries after the driver of another vehicle crossed the yellow double line colliding with his Toyota Prius. Koritsanszky was trapped inside his vehicle and had to be extricated by Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department personnel. He was taken to Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital where he died about an hour later.
The preliminary investigation reveals a female driver of a silver 2010 Ford Escape was traveling in the southbound lane on Lebanon Pike. Her vehicle crossed the double center line colliding with the Prius, forcing it off the roadway into a ditch. The impact caused the driver of the Ford Escape to spin around and hit a
21-year-old killed in construction accident, Murfreesboro police say
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) â Murfreesboro police said a 21-year-old was killed in a construction accident on Thursday afternoon.
According to police, Nicholas Patrick Oliver was a flagman directing traffic when the driver of a road grader accidentally backed over him. He died at the scene.
The incident took place near Butler Drive around 12:30 p.m.
Police said the construction workers were with Rollins Excavation and were in the process of completing shoulder work. The driver of the road grader was backing up to allow a dump truck to unload gravel and was unaware Oliver was behind him, officers said.
Man Dies In Murfreesboro Construction Accident Dec 18, 2020 at 10:33 am by WGNS
(MURFREESBORO) A fatality occurred with roadwork on Butler Drive around lunchtime Thursday (12/17/2020).
Murfreesboro Police PIO Larry Flowers told WGNS that a road grader accidentally backed over and killed a flagman who was directing traffic.
The deceased man has been identified as 21-year old Nicholas Patrick Oliver. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The preliminary investigation reveals that Rollins Excavation was completing shoulder work on Butler Drive when the accident occurred, around 12:33PM on Thursday.
Flowers said, The driver of the road grader was backing up to allow a dump truck to unload gravel when he backed over the flagman, unaware he was behind him.
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Man Dies In Murfreesboro Construction Accident Dec 18, 2020 at 10:33 am by WGNS
(MURFREESBORO) A fatality occurred with roadwork on Butler Drive around lunchtime Thursday (12/17/2020).
Murfreesboro Police PIO Larry Flowers told WGNS that a road grader accidentally backed over and killed a flagman who was directing traffic.
The deceased man has been identified as 21-year old Nicholas Patrick Oliver. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The preliminary investigation reveals that Rollins Excavation was completing shoulder work on Butler Drive when the accident occurred, around 12:33PM on Thursday.
Flowers said, The driver of the road grader was backing up to allow a dump truck to unload gravel when he backed over the flagman, unaware he was behind him.