Victim recalls having gun pulled on him after Corvette crash on I-40
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Some scary moments for a Memphis driver after a gun was pointed at him following a crash with his son's Corvette last week along I-40 in Northeast Memphis.
The victim, who did not want to be identified, said his son called him after he got into an accident with the driver of a black Nissan Murano Friday morning at I-40 east and Sycamore View Road.
The father drove to the son's location. He said after he saw the driver of the Murano flee the scene, he followed him in his truck, but backed off when the driver pointed a gun at him.
'I said, okay, okay. I let him go because I had his information,' he said. 'It's Memphis. I don't like it. I only work and come home, and that's it.'
The man's son said the driver of the Murano swerved into his lane and hit the passenger side of his Chevy Corvette, causing about $3,200 worth of damage. A camera inside the Corvette captured the crash and the driver getting out of the black SUV.
He said after they moved to a safer spot along the interstate, they called the police. However, he said the driver told him he didn't have insurance or a driver's license and asked if he could switch places with his driver.
'Once we told him no, they kind of sat in the car for a while. I was on the phone trying to get the police, and all of the sudden I just see him take off. It wasn't casual, you could hear his tires screech,' said the driver of the Corvette.
Police released a picture of the black Nissan Murano with the temporary Tennessee tag QK8GRL9.
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The driver of the Corvette said the Murano has heavy damage to the driver's side back door. He said the driver of the Murano showed them the registration information for the SUV, but told him the vehicle belonged to the mother of his child.
The man behind the wheel of the Murano is facing a charge of aggravated assault. Call Crime Stoppers at (901) 528-CASH if you recognize the man or vehicle.
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