Roll of Honor
Michael Alexander Petrina
Incident
Police Officer Michael Petrina was struck and killed by a vehicle on northbound I-65 at the Old Hickory Boulevard exit while at the scene of a previous collision.
He was speaking with a Department of Transportation incident response truck driver when a motorhome pulling a trailer approached the scene and swerved in between the stopped vehicles and pedestrians. Officer Petrina was struck and killed by the vehicle.
The driver pled guilty to reckless homicide and was sentenced to two years of probation.
Officer Petrina was a member of the Tennessee National Guard and had served with the Metro Nashville Police Department for eight months. He was assigned to the South Precinct and won the Christy Dedman Award upon graduating from the academy.
Survivors
He is survived by his parents and brother.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Petrina served with the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Nashville community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Michael Alexander Petrina served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Michael Alexander Petrina is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TN, 191 of 769 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 24.8% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Metro Nashville Police Department, 7 of 20 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 35% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael Alexander Petrina's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Alexander Petrina Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
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