CULLEOKA — Maury County Fire Department units assisted Maury EMS on Sunday, May 3, responding to a traumatic injury call in Culleoka at approximately 12:13 p.m. The call required air transport, and an Air Evac helicopter landed at Station 23's helipad to transport the patient to a trauma center. The department recognized the EMS crew for their work on the call.
Culleoka sits in the rural southwestern portion of Maury County, well away from the nearest trauma center, making the availability of air transport a critical component of emergency response in that area. Station 23's helipad exists precisely for moments like this — giving air medical crews a designated, accessible landing zone when minutes determine outcomes.
The response is a reminder of the quiet, steady work done by Maury County's fire and EMS personnel across thousands of square miles of rural Middle Tennessee. These men and women handle calls that range from traffic accidents on Bear Creek Pike to farm injuries in Culleoka, often with limited resources and long response distances. Their professionalism under pressure deserves recognition from every corner of this county.
Separately, Maury County Fire also responded this week to a serious traffic accident at Bear Creek Pike and Rally Hill Road, temporarily closing the corridor before the road was reopened. No further details on that incident were available at press time.