Update, 6:30 p.m.: The car that caught fire belonged to an 18-year-old who was travelling with his 20-year-old brother. According to their father, the crash occurred while they were riding to work.
The 20-year-old was airlifted with a fractured vertebrae and a head wound, but he has since been treated and released. The 18-year-old suffered severe bruising and has since been released.
Update: The wreck involved three vehicles, one of them towing a boat on a trailer, according to witnesses.
Previously:
Clarksville, Tennessee – A vehicle caught fire and two people were injured in a wreck on Ashland City Road Sunday morning.
Officer Scott Beaubien reported that Clarksville Police responded to a two-vehicle crash at 2880 Ashland City Road at 6:38 a.m.
When officers arrived, one of the vehicles was completely engulfed in flames. Clarksville Fire Rescue extinguished the fire. Nobody was inside the burning vehicle.
As a result of the collision, one person was airlifted to a Nashville hospital by LifeFlight, and another was transported by EMS to Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville.
Ashland City Road has been reduced to one lane, and motorists should expect delays in the area.
