Accidents Throughout Robertson County Spike Friday
STORY UPDATED (Driver charged)
ROBERTSON COUNTY TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – In accordance with the THP, accident statistics throughout the pandemic in Tennessee surprisingly didn’t fall when in comparison with previous years, nonetheless, in Robertson County we did get a brief break from accidents.
On Friday that break gave the impression to be over. On Friday alone Robertson County had eight crashes with not less than two of them severe.
In accordance with Lt. Invoice Miller with THP, deadly stats have gone up and down in current weeks, evaluating the 12 months thus far (YTD) fatalities to final 12 months at this similar time. In different phrases, fewer vehicles on the highway with the pandemic didn’t mechanically translate to fewer crashes. At one level the stats had been equivalent from 2019 to 2020. As of Friday, the fatalities had been decrease. In 2019 YTD there was 416 site visitors deaths in Tennessee. Now in 2020 YTD there are 392 site visitors deaths. Thus far YTD 2020 we’re at -24 fewer site visitors deaths in comparison with 2019.
Within the eight crashes in Robertson County on Friday, not less than two severe crashes occurred on Hwy 76 and the third occurred on Tom Austin Hwy.
Round 4 pm a car got here out of a activate Hwy 76, left the roadway, by means of a fence, and started to roll. The car landed the wrong way up in the course of a discipline with an occupant trapped inside. The Greenbrier Fireplace Division with the help of Springfield Fireplace used the jaws of life to free the person from the car. Someway the occupant didn’t maintain life-threatening accidents.
Later that afternoon on the identical stretch of highway two autos, one pulling a trailer, collided inflicting heavy harm to each autos, nonetheless, officers inform Smokey Barn Information that nobody within the crash sustained severe accidents and nobody was transported from the scene.
Essentially the most severe crash occurred on Tom Austin Hwy round 9:45 pm. Two autos collided head-on leaving one of many drivers trapped inside her car. Once more, firefighters from the Nice View Volunteer Fireplace Division had to make use of hydraulic tools to free the motive force from the crumpled wreck. The driving force was clearly in misery as first responders labored to free her. She was transported to Skyline Medical Heart in Nashville in vital situation. Ultimately, one different occupant from that very same crash was additionally transported.
There’s no means of understanding what induced Friday’s spike in crashes however not less than one official instructed Smokey Barn Information that as all of us start the method of reinitiating our lives within the wake of COVID-19, it could be a good suggestion to think about giving your self slightly time to settle again onto a rhythm.
UPDATE: Now we have an replace on the crash on Tom Austin HWY late Friday night time. In accordance with the Tennessee Freeway Patrol, Cornilius Dominic Matthews, 39, of Nashville driving a 2016 Buick Enclave, was arrested following the crash. He was transported to the Robertson County Detention Facility in Springfield and charged with- (Vehicular Assault, Reckless Endangerment w/ Lethal Weapon, DUI, Driving on a Suspended Licence, Implied Consent and Easy Possession Sch6. His bond has been set at $28,500. Extra info on the crash is offered within the video report on the prime of this story.
