Nashville police track down hit-and-run suspect by following marks left by broken caliper

Nashville police tracked down a man accused of fatally striking a man crossing the street in a motorized wheelchair by following scratches left in the road by a broken brake caliper.

Sterling L. Jenkins, 43, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving death, failure to render aid, failure to file an accident report and failure to have insurance, police said in a news release.

Gregory Torrance Sr., 65, died Sunday after he was struck by a Nissan Armada driving north on Myatt Drive at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue in Madison about 8:45 p.m., police said.

Police think that the driver was Jenkins and that he did not immediately stop but instead drove to a gas station less than a quarter-mile up the road where "surveillance video showed him walking around his SUV inspecting the damage."

"Jenkins then got back into his Armada and drove off," police said. "A short time later, an MNPD detective followed the course of Jenkins’ travel due to the damaged vehicle’s brake caliper scratching the roadway."

Police found Jenkins at his Canton Pass home where he admitted to driving the vehicle and acknowledged there had been a crash, police said. He was booked and released on a $12,000 bond.

Police believe Jenkins' failure to yield the right of way to Torrance was the contributing factor in the crash.

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