NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Metro Nashville Police are searching for a red or maroon car that flew onto a sidewalk and struck two people outside a New Year’s Eve party, killing one and critically injuring another.
The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. New Year’s Day outside Pecker’s Bar and Grill along Hermitage Avenue as 23-year-old Afriye Seegars and 24-year-old James Stephens were getting into a rideshare vehicle.
Seegars, who went by Smooth Sexton in the drag community, was thrown to the other side of the parking lot and died at the scene. Stephens hit a bus stop sign and remains in critical condition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Mother seeks answers as son fights for life
Niesha Clark, Stephens’ mother, said she received the devastating call while driving home from her own New Year’s Eve celebration…