What This Story Is About
- The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) says the semi was heading south on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard when it crossed out of its lane and veered off the road and into the parking lots of Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen and Trane Technologies.
Why It Matters
- THP is still investigating what caused the wreck, but according to Dash 10 Media, the driver may have lost consciousness before the crash.
- According to the THP’s preliminary report, the driver is not facing charges related to the crash at this time.
Catch Up
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – When 17-year-old August McMurtry looked across Wilma Rudolph Boulevard Friday night to see an 18-wheeler barreling through the parking lot of Cheddar’s restaurant, he didn’t think twice about putting his own life on the line to help.
“I hear boom, boom, boom,” McMurtry told WSMV. “I run over there in traffic, and I get over here, and there’s a tree on the 18-wheeler and the whole door’s like collided shut so I can’t get it off.”…