Horseplay Causes Crash and Sends Four to the Hospital

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Clarksville, TN – On October 22nd, 2011, around 7:00pm, teenagers’ horseplay sent three to the hospital by Lifeflight and one to Gateway by ambulance.

A 16 year old male driving a 1995 Jeep Wrangler north on the 41A Bypass/Ashland City Road jokingly told his 11 year old brother that he could drive. A passenger in the back seat then interfered with the 16 years old’s ability to drive the vehicle, causing him to lose control of the vehicle, exit the right side of the roadway down an embankment, and crash into a utility pole on the passenger side of the vehicle.

Jeep Wrangler goes over an embankment on the 41A Bypass and crashes into a utility pole sending four teenagers to the hospital. (Photo by CPD-Jim Knoll)

Some of the vehicle’s occupants had to be extricated. It took over two hours to remove the 14 year old female passenger that was trapped in the vehicle. The Bypass was shut down for over three hours.

The 11 year old male was taken to Gateway by ambulance, treated and released for minor injuries. The 16 and 17 year old males were transported by helicopter in stable condition with possible broken bones and internal injuries. The 14 year old female was transported by helicopter in critical but stable condition with broken bones and internal injuries.

There is no additional information to be released.

The lead investigator is Officer Bill VanBeber.

For the first report on this story, see: Multiple Injury Accident on the 41A By-Pass