Topic: EMS

Fort Campbell Soldier dead after Summit Heights altercation

July 5, 2009 |

On July 4, 2009, around 6:45 p.m.  Brandon Buettner, a 24 year old Ft Campbell soldier  was visiting a friend in the Summit Heights area when he was involved in a verbal altercation with bystanders. The argument escalated, and he was shot while leaving the area in a motor vehicle.  Buettner was transported by Clarksville Montgomery County EMS, and died from his injuries at Gateway Medical Center.

The investigation is ongoing and there is no further information to release at this time.  The lead investigator is Detective Tim Anderson, 931-648-0656, ext. 4003 or call the TIPSLINE, 931-645-8477.

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Alleged carjacking and stabbing in Clarksville

June 5, 2009 |

On June 5, 2009 about 3:40 p.m. officers responded to a request from the Fire Department at the scene of a car fire where they found a 52 year old male, a Clarksville resident, seriously injured outside of his burnt 86 Honda in a trail off of Crossland Ave. When officers responded to the scene, they found a male who alleged that he had been carjacked, stabbed, and his vehicle set on fire.

Clarksville, TN - Emergency Responders rush the victim out of the woods

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Soldier held on million dollar bond; faces homicide charges in death of a child

February 8, 2009 |

The victim of the aggravated child abuse,  Keegan Andrew Metz, a 23-months-old boy,  died yesterday at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital as a result of his injuries.

Joshua Ryan Starner,  who over the weekend was with aggravated child abuse with a bond of $1,000,000, remains in the Montgomery County Jail and now faces a charge of murder in the death of this child. Homicide charges are expected to follow.

Joshua Ryan Starner

Starner (W/M), 21,  of  100-D Ballygar Street, Clarksville, was initially charged with aggravated child abuse with a bond set at $1,000,000. Starner is reportedly a soldier stationed at Fort Campbell.

On February 7, at 12:45 p.m. Clarksville police officers responded to a ambulance call about an unresponsive two-year-old at 100-D Ballygar Street.  An investigation was opened due to the nature of the 23-month-old’s injuries. «Read the rest of this article»

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Three car crash draws mass response

September 18, 2008 |

A three car pileup on Fort Campbell Boulevard near Walmart around 10 p.m. Wednesday night blocked three lanes of northbound traffic. Multiple police units, fire department and EMS teams responded to the scene, where several children and others were being comforted and assisted along with the adults involved. While EMS treated and transported a number of people, further details were not available at this time.

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Transit System to stage mock accident drill

July 16, 2008 |

The Clarksville Transit System will hold a mock bus accident drill on Thursday, July 17 beginning at 8:30 a.m.   The drill will take place at the Clarksville Transit System Office located at 430 Boillin Lane.  The drill will prepare emergency responders to handle a bus crash involving multiple victims.

Many local agencies are participating in the mock bus accident drill.  They include:  Clarksville Fire and Rescue, EMA, EMS, Clarksville Police Department, Gateway Health Systems, Red Cross and Fort Campbell.

For additional information, please contact the Clarksville Transit System at 553-2430.

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Two-car accident injures one

By Bill Larson | April 10, 2008 |

One person was injured in a two-car accident today at approximately 3:55 p.m. at the intersection of Wilma Rudolph Boulevard and Trenton Road. A red Ford was rear ended by a red GMC Pickup. The Ford started to enter the intersection and then stopped. The vehicle behind started following, and then did not see when the the vehicle in front stopped, resulting in a collision. Two females were in the front vehicle. A young male was driving the pickup truck. This accident was not related to the traffic signal located at the intersection. Four Clarksville PD units responded along with one EMS ambulance. The passenger in the red car was transported to Gateway complaining of neck pain.

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Bio-hazard threat tests EMS response, proving “practice makes perfect”

By Christine Anne Piesyk | August 17, 2007 |

The possibility of a bio-hazard at the Clarksville Police Department Monday night brought into sharp relief the effectiveness of ongoing emergency preparedness training by multiple agencies in our community.

Within a minutes of finding a possible biological threat, the Police Department had locked it doors, effectively isolating everyone potentially exposed to the threat and quarantining the threat itself. Fire Department crews and a broad range of emergency management personnel arrived with all the bells and whistles, cordoning off streets, and calling in support from Fort Campbell’s HazMat team. Everyone had a job to do, and did it well, and that job, which began with containment and the establishment of a perimeter, also included some down time just waiting for the analysis of the substance to be completed. «Read the rest of this article»

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