A man has been charged following a three-vehicle crash in Clarksville Wednesday where he allegedly took heroin before the collision occurred.
According to the Clarksville Police Department, the wreck occurred at the intersection of Needmore Road and Wilma Rudolph Boulevard around 2 p.m. When officers arrived, they found the driver of one of the vehicles, 38-year old Christopher Langford, unconscious with a syringe in plain view inside of the vehicle. As an officer opened the door, he regained consciousness.
Investigation determined there were two vehicles stopped at the red light on Needmore when the vehicle driven by Langford crashed into one of the stopped vehicles forcing it to hit the vehicle in front of it. It was determined the syringe in Langford’s vehicle contained heroin and had been used by Langford prior to the crash. A substance that was thought to be fentanyl was located in the vehicle.
Langord was arrested and charged with second-offense DUI, simple possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a revoked license. Nobody was injured in the crash.