NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Two people were killed when an ambulance was involved in a crash with a Tennessee Department of Transportation truck on Interstate 65 North on Thursday afternoon.
The crash occurred near the Wedgewood Avenue exit at about 2:50 p.m.
The driver of the ambulance, David Cline, and a patient inside the ambulance, Sue Bly, were both killed. Cline was a Franklin, Tenn., firefighter who was working off-duty.
"The ambulance was traveling without the emergency lights and transporting an elderly woman from her dialysis treatment back to her retirement home. For reasons unknown at this time, the ambulance rear-ended the TDOT truck," said Kristin Mumford, Metro Police.
An off-duty Metro firefighter, Evans Johnson, who was inside the ambulance and working as an EMT for the ambulance company, was also hurt in the wreck. Johnson was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center and in critical but stable condition.
The driver of the TDOT vehicle, Robert Green, was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center but released on Friday.
The ambulance belongs to a private company that was based in Franklin, Tenn.
When the crash occurred, the TDOT truck was pulled over in the emergency lane without its hazard lights on.
However, TDOT policy says the lights only have to be flashing when a worker is outside the vehicle helping a driver. So, it was still unclear why the TDOT truck had pulled over.
The Franklin Fire Department will provide grief counseling to its firefighters.
The Franklin city manager issued a statement on Friday night echoing the sentiment that Cline will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him.
