Nursing home resident seriously injured after falling into roadside ditch in Springfield

SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WSMV) – A nursing home resident was seriously injured after he wandered away from his facility and fell in a ditch in Springfield on Monday evening.

According to a report from Smokey Barn News, a man in his 80s left the Waters of Springfield skilled nursing facility on Fifth Avenue East on Monday evening and was later found in a roadside drainage ditch.

Robertson County EMS told Smokey Barn that the call came in at about 8:20 p.m., and they responded to Fifth Avenue East along with the Springfield Fire Department…

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