July 26, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A Smithville man was airlifted after a pickup truck crash Wednesday afternoon on Highway 70 east of Sligo Bridge.
Mark Robinson was reportedly traveling east in a Dodge Dakota when he lost control and went off the highway. The truck overturned and came to rest in a ditch. Robinson was pinned in the vehicle.
Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Team were summoned to performed extrication. Robinson was removed from the truck through the rear window opening.
He was treated by DeKalb EMS and then airlifted from near the scene by a helicopter ambulance and flown to Vanderbilt Hospital.
The crash was investigated by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department was also on the scene along with the Midway Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.