From Metro Nashville Police Department:
The pedestrian struck and fatally injured Saturday at 4:15 a.m. on Old Hickory Boulevard near Vaughn Road is identified as Christian Owens, 21, of Canton, Georgia.
According to his friends, Owens had been downtown celebrating his birthday when they said that he became extremely agitated. They had trouble getting him into their vehicle to drive back to a short term rental. Once on the interstate, he reportedly had to be restrained from exiting the moving car. They pulled over on Old Hickory Boulevard in the area of Vaughn Road and Owens got out, about two tenths of a mile from the short term rental.
The driver of a Kia Soul was traveling east on Old Hickory Boulevard toward Vaughn Road when he struck Owens, who appeared to be walking in the eastbound lane. He died at the scene. There was no evidence of impairment on the part of the Kia driver. No charges are anticipated in this fatal crash.
