Hwy 76 Reopens Following A Multi-Car Crash
REPORT UPDATED
SPRINGFIELD TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) –Freeway 76 at Herbert Shannon Street (MAP) was closed for a number of hours Tuesday night following a multi-vehicle damage rollover crash. One of many overturned automobiles slid down a steep embankment.
The crash occurred round 9 pm and concerned three automobiles. In complete, 9 folks together with 7 minors had been transported to space hospitals. Three had been transported by ambulance, the remaining by non-public car. One (a minor) was transported to Vanderbilt Pediatrics. One passenger was transported to Skyline Medical, and yet another to TriStar NorthCrest. All 9 with non-life-threatening accidents.
The White Home Neighborhood Volunteer Fireplace Division, Robertson EMS, Robertson EMA and the Robertson County Sheriff’s Division together with THP responded to the scene.
The three automobiles concerned within the accident are unfold out over 1 / 4 mile. The Tennessee Freeway Patrol is main the investigation.
UPDATE:
In line with the Tennessee Freeway Patrol’s preliminary report, a 2011 Mazda 3 and a 1997 Toyota Sequoia had been touring west negotiating a proper curve on Freeway 76E as a 2021 Kia K5 was touring east when the THP signifies that the Mazda failed to take care of the lane of journey crossing the middle line and side-swiping the Kia. The Mazda then overturned a number of occasions exiting off the roadway left down an embankment. A 3rd car, a 1997 Toyota Sequoia, swerved to keep away from Mazda 3 and the Kia inflicting it to overturn a number of occasions exiting off the roadway proper.
The age ranges of occupants in all three automobiles had been 9 years previous to 43. Of the 9 complete occupants in all three automobiles, all had been transported to space hospitals however solely 3 by ambulance and in accordance with Robertson County EMS, nobody sustained critical or life-threatening accidents.
“It’s a testomony to security belts,” mentioned Robertson County EMS PIO Barb Hutcherson. “The entire occupants in all the automobiles had been sporting security belts. What may’ve been a life-changing catastrophe turned out to be a gentle inconvenience and all as a result of they selected to put on security belts.”
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