87-year-old Bowling Green man booked for deadly Broadway crash

Thomas Cahill, 87, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, was booked into Davidson County Detention Center on Monday, November 2. The booking marks the formal arrest of the driver involved in the August 1 collision on Lower Broadway that killed one pedestrian and seriously injured three others.

Metro Nashville Police Department announced the charges on Monday morning. Cahill faces one count of failure to yield resulting in death and three counts of failure to yield resulting in serious injury. He is charged with operating a 2013 white Ford Fusion.

The crash occurred on Saturday, August 1, at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Broadway. Cahill was driving with his wife and a caretaker when he accelerated through a red light on Fourth Avenue. At the time of the impact, pedestrians were crossing the street with the walk signal.

The sedan struck four people at the intersection. Timothy Wedlock, 58, of Australia, died in the crash. Matthew Gregg, 44, of Jacksonville, Florida, was hospitalized for serious injuries. Dianne Cooper, 58, of Parsons, Tennessee, was also treated for serious injuries. Kathleen Broderick, 21, of Knoxville, was struck and required hospitalization.

Cahill was treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for minor injuries. Police detectives initially investigated whether the driver suffered a medical emergency before the collision. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, Cahill contends he has no memory of the incident.

The driver had been driving with two passengers at the time of the crash. The vehicle was a white Ford Fusion. The four pedestrians struck were walking with the green signal.

Cahill remains in the custody of Davidson County officials. He faces one count of failure to yield resulting in death and three counts of failure to yield resulting in serious injury.