Updated: November 11, 2017


AN OVERNIGHT TRAFFIC CRASH SENT SEVERAL PEOPLE TO REGIONAL HOSPITALS.  THE TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AROUND 11:30 ON HIGHWAY 64 WEST NEAR THE NEW POWERHOUSE ROAD INTERSECTION.  REPORTS INDICATE THE TWO VEHICLES INVOLVED COLLIDED HEAD ON.  FIREFIGHTERS FROM LEOMA, LAWRENCEBURG, NEW PROSPECT, GANDY, CROSSROADS, AND LEOMA WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE TO EXTRICATE TRAPPED PASSENGERS.  THREE MEDICAL HELICOPTERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE.  THE ACCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL.