Driver In Deadly Nashville Bus Crash May Have Been Drunk

NASHVILLE, TN -- Crash investigators found evidence of alcohol use in the truck of a man who died after rear-ending an MTA bus in South Nashville Wednesday.

William A. Passalacqua, 54, died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Wednesday night after crashing his Ford pick-up truck into the back of the bus in the 700 block of Murfreesboro Pike as it was unloading passengers.

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Police say Passalacqua drifted out of his lane and hit the stopped bus. Passalacqua's passenger, a 38-year-old woman, was injured, as were 15 passengers on the bus.

Investigators say that Passalacqua's license had been revoked and that the cab of the truck smelled strongly of alcohol and that "evidence of alcohol" was found inside the pick-up. Police are awaiting the results of a toxicology report.

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