Updated: July 31, 2017


A PAIR OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS KEPT EMERGENCY CREWS IN LAWRENCE AND MAURY COUNTIES BUSY MONDAY. A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AROUND 7:30 MONDAY MORNING ON HENRYVILLE ROAD. ONE VEHICLE WAS ON IT'S SIDE WHEN MEMBERS OF THE HENRYVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED. AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO A NASHVILLE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR INJURIES. A THREE VEHICLE CRASH WAS REPORTED JUST BEFORE 10 ON NASHVILLE HIGHWAY IN SPRING HILL. THE DAILY HERALD INDICATES THAT AN ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVER WHO WAS TRAVELING IN A WHITE PICK-UP STRUCK A SPRING HILL POLICE CRUISER NEAR SPRING HILL HIGH SCHOOL. THE POLICE UNIT WAS PUSHED INTO A CHARTER BUS AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION. THE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT WAS TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE PICK-UP AND AN INMATE TRAVELING IN THE POLICE CAR WERE NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL IS INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENTS.