Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Police Department (CPD) assisted the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and Clarksville Fire Rescue (CFR) with a two (2) vehicle crash involving a semi tractor-trailer and an SUV at mile marker 8 early this morning.
At around 2:12am, an SUV sideswiped a Semi tractor-trailer and then ran off the roadway into the trees where it caught on fire.
Once CFR was able to extinguish the fire, they confirmed that there was no one else inside the SUV.
Eastbound traffic was reduced to one lane while first responders work the crash. THP is the investigating agency.