CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A crash involving a Clarksville Gas & Water tanker truck and a sedan blocked traffic Monday afternoon at the intersection of Warfield Blvd. and Dunbar Cave Rd.
The crash occurred around 2 p.m.
Clarksville Fire/Rescue and Montgomery County Emergency Medical Services personnel collaborated in safely extracting the female occupant of the sedan, who was trapped when the tanker trailer came to rest on top of her vehicle.
The driver of the Clarksville Gas & Water truck has been identified as Ernest Exum, a 42-year-old Clarksville resident. The driver of the red sedan has been identified as Kaylynn Ramlow, 22, of Clarksville. Both drivers were injured.
Ramlow is reported in stable condition at Vanderbilt Hospital.
Exum was treated at Tennova Hospital and released.
Crash investigators will shut down traffic lanes on Warfield Boulevard (SR 374) and Dunbar Cave Road between 10 a.m. and noon Tuesday in order to reconstruct the collision. The crash is still under investigation.
Emergency Management Agency Deputy Director Ed Baggett, who was at the scene, did not believe hazardous material would play a factor in the rescue.
“We believe the side tanks were just carrying water and the main tank was empty,” he said.
Additional photos courtesy of Lt. Steve Warren, CPD