A driver will be charged with vehicular homicide once he’s released from the hospital following a fatal, head-on crash on Bell Road near Ned Shelton Road Sunday night.
Freddie Smith, 23, was driving north in a Kia Optima when a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck traveling south on Bell Road crossed the double yellow lines and struck the Optima. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.
Daniel Rocha-Villanueva, 25, was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. He showed several indicators of impairment and admitted to consuming alcohol prior to the crash. A search warrant was obtained for his blood.
Rocha-Villanueva, upon his release from the hospital, will be charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication, driving without a license, and failure to provide proof of insurance.