6 young girls dead after being ejected from car in crash on Tennessee highway

A automotive crash on Interstate 24 in Tennessee killed six younger ladies and injured two different folks, officers stated.

Within the early hours of Sunday morning, emergency personnel responded to a automotive accident on I-24 West close to mile marker 23 that resulted in a automotive being flipped the wrong way up, inflicting “very intensive harm,” Robertson County Emergency Medical Companies stated in an announcement. 

Emergency personnel pronounced six ladies lifeless on the scene. The ladies have been all discovered outdoors of the flipped automobile after apparently being ejected within the accident, officers stated. They “appeared to have ranged from 1-18 yrs of age,” RCEMS stated.

An grownup girl who investigators additionally consider was ejected from the automotive was present in essential situation. She was handled on the scene earlier than being air-lifted to an area hospital, officers stated. 

The motive force of the automotive, and grownup male, was in steady situation with minor accidents, officers stated. He was taken to an area hospital by ambulance, RCEMS stated.

Emergency personnel additionally responded to the driving force of one other automotive situated close to the overturned automotive. RCEMS stated he, “had no complaints of harm and was ambulatory on scene.”

Officers haven’t recognized any of the victims and it was not instantly clear if any of them have been associated. The reason for the crash has not been launched. The Tennessee Freeway Patrol is investigating the crash.

“Our workplace acknowledges the unimaginable problem of this scene,” RCEMS stated. “Please preserve the households and individuals concerned in your ideas and prayers.”