ERIN, Tenn. – Two people were sent to the hospital after a crash involving an ambulance in Houston County.
The crash happened around 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 49 in Erin, about 70 miles northwest of Nashville. Deputies from the Houston County Sheriff's Office and troopers from the Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to the scene.
Officials said an emergency medical technician and the driver of another car were both transported by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Their condition was unknown.
There were no patients in the ambulance at the time of the crash.
Information about what caused the crash was not available, but officials said the ambulance driver was not at fault.
It was unclear if the ambulance's emergency lights were on at the time of the crash.
The victim's names were not released.
