Justice · Nashville pedal tavernNashville pedal tavern crash: Nine injured, one patient criticalAired October 23, 2026 at 5:32 AM UTCWritten October 23, 2026 at 5:36 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A Toyota RAV 4 rear-ended a pedal tavern injuring nine passengers.0:11At least two passengers suffered serious injuries.0:14One of the six patients taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center was in0:17critical condition.0:18Investigators still haven't identified what distracted the driver before the0:22collision.0:22Nine of the pedal tavern's 12 passengers were hurt, police say.0:26The RAV 4 driver and the pedal tavern operator escaped injury.0:30The passengers described as seriously injured are part of that group of nine.0:34Police say the Toyota RAV 4 was heading west on Dem and Brune Street in downtown0:39Nashville when it struck the pedal tavern from behind.0:41The crash location has been identified at street level without a specific0:45intersection.0:46The impact injured passengers riding together on the same vehicle, but the injury0:50count and the hospital count describe overlapping groups, so adding them would0:53exaggerate the number of people hurt.0:55Vanderbilt's spokesperson said one patient was in critical condition and five were0:59stable.1:00Those six patients make up the hospital's count.1:02Police separately described at least two of the nine injured passengers as seriously1:06hurt.1:06Six patients were taken to Vanderbilt.1:08Earlier, police had put the number hospitalized at at least four without naming1:13destinations.1:14The later Vanderbilt figure gives a larger count at one hospital, while the earlier1:18figure was a minimum.1:19Vanderbilt's six-patient count doesn't tell us where the other three injured1:23passengers received care.1:25The hospital's latest condition update listed five patients as stable and one as1:29critical.1:29The collision happened at about 8.30 in the evening, but the day is disputed between1:34Wednesday and Thursday.1:35We don't yet know which day is correct.1:37Police say the RAV4 driver told them he was distracted when he hit the pedal tavern.1:41Investigators haven't identified the distraction.1:44His explanation is one part of an investigation that's still underway.1:47Police spokesperson Chris Mumford described the injured passengers as an older1:51crowd.1:52She said pedal tavern crashes weren't common and this was the first she knew of.1:56She said investigators would be talking to the driver.1:59Mumford said patients had been taken to area hospitals without giving a separate2:03transport total.2:04The crash remains under investigation and police still haven't identified what2:07distracted the driver.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗