There are 10 article(s) tagged fatal crash:

• January 2022

  • On-duty Memphis police officer, driver killed in crash

    MPD officer and another driver were killed in a crash on Shelby Drive and Pleasant Hill early Thursday morning. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 23, 2022

  • Police investigating East Memphis train fatality

    One person was killed after being hit by train on Poplar Avenue Thursday. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 20, 2022

• August 2021

  • Case reset for former MPD officer charged in Walnut Grove crash

    An attorney representing a former Memphis police officer charged with vehicular homicide in a fatal June crash said Monday they are studying if the case can be resolved without a trial. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 02, 2021

• July 2021

  • MPD officer charged in fatal Cordova crash resigns

    A Memphis police officer charged last month with vehicular homicide has resigned.

    By Yolanda Jones July 26, 2021

• June 2021

  • Off-duty MPD officer charged with vehicular homicide in crash

    Memphis police have charged an off-duty officer in a fatal crash in which two people were killed last week.

    By Yolanda Jones June 29, 2021

  • MPD officer relieved of duty in deadly crash

    An off-duty Memphis police officer was reportedly speeding Friday when his Charger struck a car on Walnut Grove Road in Cordova. Two people were killed. 

    By Yolanda Jones June 28, 2021

• May 2021

  • Funeral services announced for Memphis officer killed in crash

    Memphis police officer Scotty Triplett was killed May 22 in a car crash while he was on duty as a motorcycle police escort. 

    By Yolanda Jones May 25, 2021

  • Memphis Police officer killed in car crash

    Memphis police officer Scotty Triplett was killed in a crash Saturday afternoon in Hickory Hill. 

    By Daja E. Henry May 23, 2021

• March 2021

  • COVID collateral: Less traffic may have led to more fatal accidents

    It seems counterintuitive, but traffic fatalities and accidents with injuries were actually up in Memphis last year, even though the COVID-19 pandemic caused fewer people to be on the roads. The reduced traffic may have just opened up the roadways for dangerous drivers.

    By Blake Fontenay March 01, 2021

• November 2018

  • Two die in crash of tour bus headed for Tunica on I-269

    Two people were killed and 44 were injured when a tour bus headed to Tunica flipped over on an icy section of Interstate 269 in DeSoto County Wednesday afternoon.

    By Yolanda Jones November 15, 2018