Woman arrested after deadly Midtown motorcycle wreck

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A woman was arrested and charged after a vehicle collided with a motorcycle on Central Avenue, killing a man Saturday night.

Officers say they were called to a two-vehicle crash on Central Avenue west of Cooper Street a little after 6:20 p.m., as the nearby Cooper-Young Festival was wrapping up.

Man dead, woman injured in Midtown car crash

A man was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died. A woman was taken to the hospital in non-critical condition.

Kayla Solomon, 29, was booked into jail Tuesday on a warrant.

According to a police incident report, Solomon was making a U-turn in a Ford Fiesta to turn westbound when her car hit the front tire of the victim’s Suzuki motorcycle, which was traveling eastbound on Central…

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