Teen hurt badly in 4-wheeler accident
Two teens were injured Tuesday morning, one critically, when their four-wheelers collided behind a residence on Old Rock Island Road.
The most critically injured of the teens, Brandon Robbins, 14, was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight helicopter. The other victim, Nicholas Locke, 14, was taken to River Park Hospital by private vehicle.
According to investigators, the youths were riding on separate four-wheelers in a backyard of a private residence on Old Rock Island Road just after 9:30 a.m. The teens were out of school for spring break and lawmen do not believe there was adult supervision at the time of the accident.
A preliminary investigation revealed one of the four-wheelers apparently broadsided the other, ejecting the riders. Lawmen do not know how fast the teens were going or what maneuver may have contributed to the wreck.
Robbins was rushed by ambulance to a landing site off the Highway 70 four-lane to meet with the helicopter which made its landing in a nursery field next to the highway.