Former NFL coach Rex Ryan arrested in Nashville on misdemeanor warrants after alleged pedestrian incident
Rex Ryan turned himself in to Nashville police on six misdemeanor warrants after being accused of striking two pedestrians with his pickup truck.
Former NFL coach and ESPN analyst Rex Ryan was taken into custody in Nashville on November 5 after the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said he faced six outstanding misdemeanor warrants. The department reported that Ryan’s pickup truck turned onto Broadway from 4th Avenue and ran over the feet of two pedestrians who were crossing on a walk signal.
"The pedestrians were crossing Broadway from 4th Avenue with a walk sign when the pickup truck turned right from 4th Avenue running over both victims’ feet and making contact with one of the individual’s legs," the police statement said. According to the police report, the pedestrians claimed the vehicle continued past the scene, stopped at a red light, and that Ryan exited the truck to argue before re-entering and driving away. They photographed the truck’s license plate. Ryan is charged with two counts each of leaving the scene of an accident, failing to provide information or render aid, and failing to obey a traffic control signal.