Published: December 17, 2018

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT SUNDAY IN MAURY COUNTY.  EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AROUND 2 PM NEAR MILE MARKER 49 BETWEEN SPRING HILL AND COLUMBIA ON I-65.  INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE FOUR PEOPLE WERE IN THE VEHICLE THAT WENT OFF THE ROAD, FLIPPED AND HIT A TREE LINE.  ARRIVING UNITS FOUND THE VEHICLE WITH HEAVY DAMAGE WITH THREE PATIENTS ENTRAPPED AND ONE FATALITY THAT HAD BEEN EJECTED.  MAURY COUNTY FIRE WORKED TO EXTRICATE THE INDIVIDUALS AND ADDITIONAL MANPOWER WAS REQUESTED IN WHICH SPRING HILL FIRE RESPONDED.  ONE PATIENT WAS AIRLIFTED TO VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER AND ONE TRANSPORTED BY MAURY COUNTY EMS.  A SECOND OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED.  THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.