A motorcyclist is dead after a crash involving two vehicles at the intersection of Highway 231 and Tiger Hill Road in Murfreesboro, where a GMC Acadia and a Honda Accord both struck the motorcycle in quick succession. The rider was rushed to a Nashville hospital with severe injuries and later died, according to police.
According to WSMV, a GMC Acadia traveling northbound was attempting to turn onto Tiger Hill Road when it struck the motorcycle, based on an early police investigation. A Honda Accord traveling southbound then also hit the motorcycle, per Murfreesboro police. That second impact sent the motorcycle farther from the initial crash site, as reported by Rutherford Source.
The timing of the crash has been reported differently across outlets. The station's report, citing an MPD press release, places the collision at shortly after 11 a.m. However, the same Rutherford Source account, along with a separate report from wkrn.com, places the crash just after 11 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the intersection of Shelbyville Pike and Tiger Hill Road. Hoodline could not independently resolve the discrepancy between these accounts.
Rider Taken to Nashville Hospital
Police say the motorcyclist was transported with severe injuries to TriStar Skyline Medical Center, where he later died. The outlet's report notes that he was flown to the hospital before succumbing to his injuries there. His identity had not been released in connection with this crash.
Murfreesboro Police's Fatal Accident Crash Team is now investigating the circumstances of the wreck, according to police. Officers had not immediately said whether charges would be filed in connection with the crash, per the same account.
Pattern of Fatal Motorcycle Crashes in Murfreesboro
This is not the first fatal motorcycle crash at a Murfreesboro intersection in recent memory. In April 2025, police identified a motorcyclist killed in a separate crash as 21-year-old Dax Van Ekelenburg of Murfreesboro, according to wsmv.com. That crash happened near South Church Street and South Rutherford Boulevard, where investigators said a southbound Ford Taurus failed to yield and collided with the motorcyclist.
In another Murfreesboro collision described by newschannel5.com, a 2016 Ford Fusion turning left on a solid green light failed to yield to oncoming traffic and struck a motorcycle; that rider died the following morning. Each of these cases involved a turning or yielding vehicle colliding with a motorcyclist at a Murfreesboro intersection, though the circumstances and vehicles involved differed.
No further details have been released about the most recent crash at Tiger Hill Road, and the investigation by Murfreesboro Police's Fatal Accident Crash Team remains ongoing.
