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Jessie Lee Knox

Case # :1003

Gender : Male

Age : 43

Race : White

Date : 12/12/2023

Location : The Nations

City : Nashville

County : Davidson

State : Tennessee

Agency : Nashville PD

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

Disposition : No Known charges

Open records summary :

A Nashville officer saw a pickup truck missing a license plate and escalated a chase that ended in a crash head-on into a utility pole. The passenger Jessie Lee Knox was killed. It was his 43rd birthday and according to police, he died because of a missing license plate and being a passenger in a car with this minor violation.

Source links :

https://www.wsmv.com/2023/12/12/police-investigating-fatal-crash-nations/