6 tourists remain hospitalized after driver hits Pedal Tavern in downtown Nashville – WZTV

6 tourists remain hospitalized after driver hits Pedal Tavern in downtown Nashville  WZTV

A group of six tourists remains hospitalized after a driver hit a Pedal Tavern in downtown Nashville late Thursday night, the Metro Nashville Police Department reports. MNPD provided the update around 2 a.m. Friday. All six individuals are in stable, non-critical condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. ORIGINAL COVERAGE | Several injured after driver hits Pedal Tavern on Demonbreun Street, police say MNPD's Kristin Mumford told FOX 17 News that there were 13 people on the pedal tavern at the time and 10 out of 13 of the passengers were transported to hospitals, including St. Thomas Midtown, TriStar Centennial, TriStar Skyline, and Vanderbilt Medical Center. Initially, MNPD had reported only nine had gone to the hospital.

The night of the incident, two of the individuals were seriously injured at the time, but thankfully, all injuries as of Friday morning are non-life-threatening. As of early Friday morning, six of the ten remained hospitalized, all at Vanderbilt, all in stable, non-critical condition. MNPD adds the group of tourists are ages 40 to 67 years old from Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and India. The driver of a westbound Toyota RAV4 told police he was distracted by his radio when he rear-ended the Pedal Tavern. He was not injured in the crash. Police added he has been cooperative in the investigation and did not show