In a sorrowful unraveling of events, 22-year-old Austin David was pronounced dead after being struck by multiple vehicles on I-40 East near Nashville. The body was discovered last Tuesday, near mile marker 218, after David had spent the evening out with friends, including 23-year-old Logan Garver, now charged with vehicular homicide in connection to the tragedy. According to arrest affidavits, Garver confessed to witnesses, stating he “f***** up and killed Austin” after a night out that they spent at a local strip club. Garver, allegedly under the influence, drove the vehicle that ultimately crashed, ejecting David onto the roadway, as confirmed in reports from WSMV4
An arrest warrant includes details that the two were captured on video surveillance from Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club, as they entered and later stumbled out carrying a bottle of tequila. Friends of David described him as a "big teddy bear" and someone who always aimed to make others smile. “He’s someone we never thought we would lose, and it hurts bad,” Selena Curtis, a friend of the deceased, told WSMV4.
Following a tip, Garver’s vehicle was located at Southpoint at Stones River Apartments in Hermitage, concealed with a tarp and displaying significant passenger-side damage. Officers matched this damage to that of a guardrail impact at the crash scene, as covered by NewsChannel5. The defendant had failed to report the crash, a crucial delay that might have afforded David potential lifesaving treatment. Garver's refusal to cooperate with investigators was also noted.
The case took a more definitive turn when witnesses disclosed Garver's admissions of drinking before the crash and not realizing David was missing until a flat tire was discovered, these confessions contradicting his initial claim that David had simply exited the vehicle after an argument. “I was so f****d up I didn’t remember leaving the club,” Garver allegedly divulged to a witness, as reported by WSMV4.
Further evidence presented by the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) via FOX 17 emphasizes Garver's charges for vehicular homicide by intoxication, with bond set at $102,000. A complex portrait of a night gone tragically awry emerges, rhetorically entreating the serious dangers of driving under the influence. As of now, legal proceedings are ongoing as the community grapples with the loss of Austin David.
