oseph Simms II Car Accident: 48-Year-Old White Bluff Man Died in Tragic Accident; Nathaniel McReynolds Charged in Dickson Deadly Hit-and-Run
In relation to a fatal hit-and-run incident that happened on Saturday night, police charged a Dickson man on Tuesday. Nathaniel E. McReynolds, 46, of the Park at Beasley apartments, is accused of six counts in connection with the collision that happened on Beasley Drive close to the Cowan Road intersection, according to Detective Michael Carter of the Dickson Police Department. The victim was identified as Joseph Simms II, 48, of Lincoln Road in White Bluff, by the state medical examiner.
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Carter stated that more charges may be pursued and that the incident is still being investigated. Following his arrest on Sunday, May 12, McReynolds was being held without bond in the Dickson County Jail until his hearing in Dickson County General Sessions Court. The arrest stemmed from an unrelated probation violation allegation.
Carter obtained and served warrants on Tuesday, accusing McReynolds of aggravated vehicular homicide, failing to report an accident right away, causing an accident that resulted in damage to a vehicle, driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving without a license, and operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device. The detective stated that McReynolds’s prior DUI conviction resulted in his license being revoked, and the court mandated that he use an ignition interlock device in order to be granted a driver’s license.
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Carter stated that the department is still looking for information from the public and that a tip from the public helped with the accident investigation. He requests that anyone who may have seen a man between 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, and 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 12, walking on Beasley Drive or lying on the south side of the street close to the intersection with Cowan Road, call the department at 615-441-9527 or use the department’s tipline at 615-441-9555.
At 6:40 a.m. on Sunday, police were called to a welfare check, where they found Simms dead. The man had been found lying close to the road. It is thought that he was struck and murdered sometime on Saturday night while he was strolling along the road. The Forensic Services Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has located and is currently examining the car that is believed to have struck Simms, according to Carter.
