THREE CLARKSVILLE RESIDENTS WERE SENT TO GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER THIS MORNING FOLLOWING A DEER VERSUS VEHICLE COLLISION ON BARKERS MILL ROAD.

            ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, 18-YEAR OLD JAMES NELSON, 19-YEAR OLD MICHAEL RICHARDS AND 18-YEAR OLD RAVEN CLARKE ALL OF CLARKSVILLE WERE INJURED AFTER 20-YEAR OLD ROBERT HITZGES OF CLARKSVILE WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON BARKERS MILL ROAD WHEN A DEER ENTERED THE ROADWAY AND INTO THE PATH OF HIS VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO OVER CORRECT AND HIT A TREE.

          HITZGES OTHER PASSENGER, ANAELI GOMEZ OF CLARKSVILLE WAS NOT INJURED IN THE WRECK.

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