Published: July 9, 2020

TWO TRAFFIC CRASHES RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES IN LAWRENCE COUNTY WEDNESDAY AND THIS MORNING.  SUMMERTOWN AND ETHRIDGE FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A ROLLOVER CRASH WITH ENTRAPMENT ON HIGHWAY 43 NORTH NEAR FREEDOM ROAD WEDNESDAY EVENING.  THE SINGLE VICTIM WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE BY FIREFIGHTERS AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO A REGIONAL HOSPITAL BY LAWRENCE COUNTY EMS.  A TWO VEHICLE CRASH WAS REPORTED THIS MORNING ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST NEAR THE TURNPIKE ROAD INTERSECTION.  ONE PERSON WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE.  MEMBERS OF THE WEST END, HENRYVILLE, AND GANDY FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.  AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO A NASHVILLE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR INJURIES.  BOTH CRASHES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL.