A 10-year-old Nashville boy died Sunday night after the gasoline powered minibike he was riding crashed into the side of a gasoline tanker truck in front of 500 Main Street.
Dsiyahn Whitmore of Buena Vista Pike died at the scene.
The preliminary investigation shows that the tanker truck had partially passed the driveway of the market at 500 Main Street just before 8:30 p.m. when Whitmore rode out of the market parking lot onto Main Street and crashed into the rear passenger side of the tanker truck. He was run over by the rear tires of the trailer.
The contributing factor to the crash appears to be the child’s failure to yield. Traffic Division officers are continuing in their efforts to identify the owner of the minibike and learn how Whitmore came into possession of it.