MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- A McMinnville man has been killed by his own hunting rifle as he drove his pickup truck.
Rutherford County Sheriff's investigators said 31-year-old Joseph Lyle was found bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head after his pickup truck ran off the Manchester Highway early Thursday.
The Daily News Journal quoted a statement by Detective Sgt. Dan Goodwin of the sheriff's office, who said witnesses told officers they heard a gunshot, then the truck ran off the road.Goodwin said evidence indicated Lyle was apparently handling his loaded rifle with the safety not engaged when it inadvertently discharged.Lyle was pronounced dead a short time later at Middle Tennessee Medical Center.
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