A Tennessee highway collision led to the untimely death of 6 young girls as they were ejected from the vehicle on March 26. According to first responders, the two-car crash had nine victims.
The crash occurred a little before 2 am on Interstate 24. The Robertson Country Emergency Medical Services released a statement on the Facebook page, detailing the horrific event. They said, in part:
“Initial arriving units worked quickly to search for, assess and triage the total 9 patients involved. 1 male adult had no complaints of injury and was ambulatory on scene. This man identified himself as the driver of a vehicle positioned west of the immediate scene. Only one other vehicle was involved. The vehicle was a car that was found upside down with very extensive damage. Another adult male was ambulatory on the scene and reported to responders that he had been in this car. This man was stable with what appeared to be minor injuries at that time. This man was transported to Skyline Trauma Center in Nashville by Cheatham County EMS Medic 4.
“An adult female was found outside the car in critical condition, believed to have been ejected from the car. This patient was already loaded into the initial arriving ambulance upon arrival of the second ambulance. The other 6 people on scene were pronounced as deceased with injuries that could not be resuscitated. Of these 6 individuals, all were female and ages appeared to have ranged from 1-18 yrs of age. All of the 6 patients who were pronounced as deceased were found outside of the vehicle, all of which appeared to have also been ejected. Paramedics from two ambulances worked together to stabilize the adult female found to be in critical condition. Care of this patient was soon relinquished to the RN/Paramedic flight crew from Vanderbilt LifeFlight. The patient was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.”
The Robertson County EMS Director Brent Dyer said the Toyota flipped during the crash and the children and adults were ejected from the vehicle. Only an 18-year-old passenger, who survived the crash, were wearing seatbelts.
A 35-year-old passenger, who was also not wearing a seatbelt, survived as well.
The driver of the BMW was uninjured during the wreck.
The preliminary report identifies Rodriquez, of Kentucky, and 35-year-old Rina Reyes as victims of the crash. The report does not name the children killed but lists them as a 1, 3, 5 and 12 years old.
One can’t help but wonder how many of those young lives would have been saved were they wearing seatbelts when the crash occurred and sent the vehicles tumbling and flipping. Uncomfortable as seat belts might be and as annoying as the nanny state’s insistence on them is, accidents such as this one show why they’re important.
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