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Dump truck driver charged following fatal Bellevue crash STAFF REPORTS
A rendering of the future Arts Ave at the Global Mall site
RENDERING: METRO PLANNING
Council charter amendments deferred to 2026
More time sought for changes to Metro charter; Global Mall and East Bank changes moving forward
The driver of a dump truck has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication after a Sunday night crash killed two people in Bellevue. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, 23-year-old Nicholas Sterling, of Ashland City, drove a Freightliner dump truck through a flashing red stop light heading southbound on Old Hickory Boulevard. The truck hit the driver’s side of a Ford Focus as it traveled on Charlotte Pike around 11 p.m. The driver of the Focus, 38-year-old Kendall Cartwright, of Nashville, died at the scene. Cartwright’s passenger, 46-yearold Eduardo Benitez-Alamillo, died of his injuries on Monday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. “Sterling was also transported to Vanderbilt with minor injuries,” a news release reads. “There was an odor of alcohol on his breath and an open beer bottle was seen by responding officers on the floorboard of the dump truck.” Sterling was released from the hospital and booked in jail on $40,000 bond.
NICOLLE S. PRAINO After a lengthy discussion about each proposed charter amendment, Metro Council ultimately deferred the legislation that would put amendments on the ballot to 2026. The council considered the changes that the Charter Revision Commission proposed for each charter amendment and voted to adopt the first one, which dealt with succession for the finance director, and the fourth, which would pause council meetings in September. However, the resolution as a whole was deferred to January 2026 so that the council could further discuss each of the proposed amendments that did not pass and give
more time to educate voters on each issue. Many council members did not want to overburden voters with several issues on the ballot and wanted instead to focus efforts on the transit referendum. The plans for the Global Mall redevelopment passed second reading without any comments during a public hearing at the meeting. Redevelopment of the Global Mall site has already gone through community engagement efforts ahead of the release of a draft plan for the future site. The plan includes a performing arts center, daycare, hotel, artist housing,
education facilities, and green space. A transit center that has already received funding is also planned for the development. Councilmember Joy Styles thanked the rest of the council for supporting the plan so that they could get to work. Metro Planning previously approved the legislative items, which include changing the zoning from a shopping center to a specific plan, canceling part of the planned unit development, and imposing building material restrictions. The legislation will still have to go through a third reading, but once it has fully passed, Metro Planning will be >> PAGE 2
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