MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A Rutherford County grand jury has indicted a driver accused of causing a head-on crash that injured five people — including a mother and her baby — on Highway 99 in April.
Authorities arrested 34-year-old Matthew Delk on Friday after serving him with a sealed indictment charging two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. The Eagleville Police Department assisted in the arrest.
Investigators said Delk was driving a Buick Enclave on April 23 when he crossed into oncoming traffic, narrowly missing one vehicle before colliding head-on with a Toyota Highlander. The impact spun the Highlander into a Cadillac Escalade.
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue crews extricated the Highlander’s driver from the wreckage, while a passerby freed her baby from a car seat before emergency personnel arrived. Two people in the Escalade suffered minor injuries.
The Murfreesboro Police Department’s Fatal Accident Crash Team (F.A.C.T.) investigated the collision.
Delk was released from the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center on a $15,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Rutherford County General Sessions Court on December 4.
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