Tourist Gets Tennessee DUI After Stealing Trolley

Michigan man takes, then crashes, trolley in downtown Nashville.

A Michigan man is accused of stealing a Nashville tourist trolley, driving under the influence, and crashing the special vehicle.

The legitimate driver had just finished a regular tour of the downtown area when he parked the trolley at the Hard Rock Cafe along lower Broadway for a bathroom break. He left the trolley unlocked with the doors open so people could board for the next tour. In fact six tourists from Texas were on the trolley when Jason Carl Farmer, noticing the keys were in the vehicle, jumped on board and drove off. Farmer, 38, hit a pole and was was persuaded to drop the others off. He then continued driving west until he crashed with an SUV in the Belle Meade area of Nashville.

Police detected alcohol and noticed Farmer’s speech was slurred. Farmer admitted to having been on a drinking binge, stating that he had just moved to Nashville from Michigan and he had come to town to party. He also tried to justify his actions by stating that he had a chauffeur's license and claiming his father owned the party bus. They arrested him on suspicion of Tennessee DUI in Nashville. The results of a test for blood alcohol content are pending.

The trolley suffered damage estimated between $50,000 and $60,000. The legal driver was cited for not parking the vehicle widely and for leaving the keys in the vehicle.

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