One of vehicles involved in Wednesday’s crash. Photos provided
Manchester Fire & Rescue A-Shift Responded to a 2 vehicle accident on 16th Model Rd Wednesday morning around 7:45am. Three persons (including a toddler) were in the vehicles when they were involved in what appeared to be a head on crash.
Fire Chief George E. DeShields said firefighters used extrication equipment to remove two of the individuals that were trapped. Those two people were transported with injuries to the Tullahoma Airport and transferred to an awaiting medi-vac helicopter and flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville.
Both vehicles received heavy damage in the head-on collision.
Tullahoma Fire Department moved a Fire Engine to Crumpton Creek to standby while Manchester Fire & Rescue worked the crash.
Others working the scene were members of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, Coffee County EMS and the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Names and other information will be released on Thursday.
