14-year-old killed in weekend ATV accident in Nashville

Erin McCullough
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A teenage passenger involved in an ATV accident over the weekend has died, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.

According to police, Melanie Mozqueda, 14, was riding in a Honda ATV driven by another 14-year-old Saturday, May 11 when it crashed into a Jeep Patriot at about 6 p.m. on Darbytown Drive off Dickerson Pike.

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Both Mozqueda and the driver were transported to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital where Mozqueda died. The driver also sustained “minor injuries,” according to police.

Neither teenager was wearing a helmet, police said. The Jeep driver was unharmed.

There was no evidence of intoxication at the scene, MNPD said.

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