Photo: Air Evac Aircraft reponding to the accident: AE 123, AE 159, AE 141, AE 37, AE 31 and several Vanderbilt aircraft. Photo by Air Evac – Henry County, TN
Clarksburg, Tenn.– One person is dead and seven were seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash late Monday evening in Carroll County. Multiple aircraft and emergency personnel were on the scene.
According to the McKenzie Banner, Hayden Blankenship, age 26, was traveling on Clarksburg Road around 11 p.m. on Monday when his 2013 Dodge Ram 3500 struck a 2006 Chevy Express Van with 10 total occupants driven by Antonio Guerrero, 49.
In Antonio Guerrero’s vehicle: Angel Flores, 51, is deceased; Cirilo Guerrero, 55, was not injured; Cesar Garcia, 34, was not injured; Miguel Angel, 39, was injured; Danery Martinez, 24, was injured; Juan Guadalupe, 56, was injured; Antonio Enciso, 42, was injured; Iran Hurta, 30, was injured; Alfredo Campos, 35, was injured; and the driver, A. Guerrero, was also injured. Blankenship was not injured.
Emergency personnel from Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputies and dispatch, Clarksburg Fire Department, Westport Fire Department, Carroll County Rescue Squad, Carroll County Fire District 1 Huntingdon, Priority Ambulance, Air Evac-Henry County, and Tennessee Highway Patrol worked into the early hours of Tuesday morning securing transport of seven injured occupants and one deceased.
According to the preliminary report from Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), undisclosed charges are pending for A. Guerrero.
According to eyewitness reports, occupants of the van operated by A. Guerrero were working at the nearby poultry farm in the 1900 block of Clarksburg Road.