UPDATED: Murfreesboro, TN – A single-vehicle crash happened shortly after 6:00 o’clock Sunday evening (7/20/2025) on W. Thompson Lane in front of Erma Siegel Elementary School. That section of Thompson Lane is 5 lanes wide (2 in each direction and a center turn lane). The grey SUV appears to have crossed the opposite lane of travel, hit a utility pole, and slid up the pole. The driver of the vehicle was the single occupant and was unable to get out of the vehicle as the driver’s door was approximately 6 feet in the air.
Murfreesboro Fire-Rescue crews communicated with the female driver and then stabilized the SUV. They wedged steel rods at an angle between the ground and the bottom of the vehicle.
Once stabilized, rescue workers went into the SUV’s cab and checked the driver. She was carefully taken out of the vehicle and placed on the stretcher. Once in the Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services ambulance, they were able to stabilize the victim before taking her to the hospital…