Crews work to extricate girl from wreckage/photo provided by CPD

      POLICE SAY HORSEPLAY CONTRIBUTED TO A WRECK IN CLARKSVILLE SATURDAY NIGHT THAT INJURED FOUR AND SENT THREE TO A NASHVILLE HOSPITAL BY HELLICOPTER.
       A NEWS RELEASE SAYS A 16-YEAR OLD WAS DRIVING JEEP WRANGLER NORTH ON THE 41A BYPASS AROUND 7 O’CLOCK WHEN HE JOKINGLY TOLD HIS 11-YEAR OLD BROTHER HE COULD DRIVE. A PASSENGER IN THE BACKSEAT THEN INTERFERED WITH THE 16-YEAR OLD’S ABILITY TO DRIVE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.
       THE VEHICLE RAN OFF THE ROAD, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND INTO A UTILITY POLE, CUTTING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OF THE JEEP.
SOME OF THE OCCUPANTS HAD TO BE CUT FROM THE WRECKAGE, INCLUDING A 14-YEAR OLD GIRL WHO REMAINED TRAPPED FOR OVER TWO HOURS WHILE CREWS WORKED. THE 11-YEAR OLD WAS TAKEN TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED, WHILE THE 16 AND 17-YEAR OLD MALES WERE AIR-LIFTED TO VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER AND ARE LISTED IN STABLE CONDTION.
        THE 14-YEAR OLD GIRL IS IN CRITICAL, BUT STABLE, CONDITION AT VANDERBILT. THE INCIDENT CAUSED THE ROADWAY TO BE CLOSED FOR THREE HOURS.
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