Man sentenced to four years in crash that killed child, injured sibling single-vehicle Bell Road crash
Update: Alexander Nwaibe was sentenced to four years after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide. All other charges were dropped, according to court records.
A 61-year-old father is facing charges including vehicular homicide and child neglect after a south Nashville crash Wednesday that injured him, his 3-year-old daughter and left his 4-year-old son dead.
The single-vehicle crash took place just before 8:11 a.m. on Bell Road near Hickory Hollow Parkway in Antioch, the Metro Nashville Police Department reported.
According to a preliminary report from MNPD, Alexander Nwaibe was driving his 2012 Mercedes GL4 west on Bell Road at a high rate of speed when it left the roadway, traveled down a sidewalk, struck a brick culvert and began fishtailing.
The car rolled several times, during which the children were ejected.
Neither child was restrained, police said.
The 4-year-old boy was rushed to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital where police said he died. His 3-year-old sister suffered on-life-threatening injuries.
Their father, who police said was wearing a seatbelt, is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital.
Police said there was no sign of impairment on his part at the scene
He will face charges including vehicular homicide, aggravated child endangerment and aggravated child neglect upon his hospital discharge, MNPD reported.
The crash is being worked by MNPD's Fatal Crash Team.
This is a developing story.
Natalie Neysa Alund is based in Nashville at The Tennessean and covers breaking news across the South for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at nalund@tennessean.com and follow her on Twitter @nataliealund.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville crash leaves child dead, sibling and father hurt in Antioch
