Two TSU students killed in Thanksgiving night hit-and-run in Tennessee – WTVC
Crash at Nolensville Pk/Harding Pl. (WZTV)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE (2:30 p.m.) Tennessee State University released a statement Friday afternoon after they say two of their students were killed in the crash. They also identified the female victim.
“The Tennessee State University family is mourning the loss of two TSU students killed in an auto accident Thanksgiving night. Judy Stanley, 23, and Vybhav Gopisetty, 26, were both graduate students from India pursuing food science degrees in the College of Agriculture. Stanley was seeking a master’s, and Gopisetty a doctorate.
Authorities say the fatalities were the result of an apparent hit-and-run accident in south Nashville. Metro Nashville Police are looking for the driver of the GMC pickup truck that hit the students’ Nissan Sentra at the intersection of Nolensville Pike and Harding Place. Anyone with information is asked to call 615-862-8600 or 74-CRIME.
As we head into the holiday season, please let’s keep the families of the two students in our thoughts and prayers.”
UPDATE (10:56 am): Metro Nashville Police have identified the driver of a Nissan Sentra killed in a hit-and-run crash as a 26-year-old TSU student.
Police say 26-year-old Vybhav Gopisetty was an international student at TSU from India. His family in India has been notified and police are working to notify the family of his 23-year-old female passenger who was also killed.
Metro Police are seeking a 26-year-old man as a person of interest in a hit-and-run that killed two people in South Nashville on Thanksgiving.
MNPD said David Torres’ pickup was the at-fault vehicle in the crash that left two dead. The driver of the pickup fled the scene on foot, but the description from witnesses match Torres’ appearance.
Police said Torres’ 2011 GMC pickup hit a 2015 Nissan Sentra at 7:35 p.m. as the car was attempting to leave the parking lot of U.S. Bank to Walmart at 4040 Nolensville Pike. Witnesses said the truck was speeding and ran a red light on Nolensville Pike at Harding Place when it hit the passenger side of the Sentra. The car went off the road and went through a fence before slamming into a tree on the Walmart property.
Witnesses said the truck driver then left the scene.
Two people were in the Sentra and both were wearing seat belts, but they both were killed in the crash. A 23-year-old female passenger died at the scene, and 26-year-old male driver died after arriving at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Police are attempting to contact the victims’ families.
David Torres’ last known address was on Cedarmont Drive, and police are asking that anyone with any information call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.
