24-03-2025
Prosecutor: Man, 49, charged in high-speed Tennessee Highway 109 crash that killed couple
A 49-year-old man has been charged in connection with a September crash on Wilson County's State Route 109 that authorities say killed a married couple.
Daryl W. Oldfield faces two counts of vehicular homicide by recklessness and one count of reckless endangerment with a weapon, according to Wilson County court records. The 15th Judicial District Attorney's Office confirmed the charges.
Fredrick Miller, 78, and Edna Miller, 76, were killed in the crash on Sept. 6, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol's preliminary report.
Oldfield has been booked and released from jail on a $40,000 bond, according to the Wilson County Sheriff's Office.
Efforts to reach Oldfield and his lawyer for the case were not immediately successful. Oldfield is scheduled to be arraigned April 14 on the charges.
He is accused of driving a 2018 Nissan Titan north on Highway 109 around the 5700 block of Highway 109, north of the Spence Creek neighborhood, just before the crash, according to the initial Tennessee Highway Patrol report.
Police were called to the scene at 12:19 p.m.
A preliminary investigation found that a 2024 Lexus RX3 was stopped in the center turn lane, preparing to turn left onto Northern Road, while a Ford Ranger was heading south.
The Titan was passing traffic in the turn lane at a "high rate of speed" and crashed into the back of the Lexus, the highway patrol report says. It also notes that the Titan veered into the southbound lanes after impact with the Lexus and hit the Ford Ranger head on.
The Millers were in the Ranger.
The crash caused backups in both directions for much of the afternoon and intensified safety concerns on 109. Speed limit reductions were put in place for 109 in Wilson County earlier this year.
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This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Charges filed in Tennessee Highway 109 crash that killed man, wife
