August 13, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A McMinnville woman was airlifted after a two vehicle crash Monday morning at the intersection of Highway 70 and Dale Ridge Road on Snow Hill.
According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol 44 year old Sarah Murphy was traveling west on Highway 70 in a 2014 Chevy Equinox when her vehicle was hit in the passenger side by a 2005 Chevy Tahoe, driven by 31 year old Kyle Mecham of Lancaster who was turning east onto Highway 70 from Dale Ridge Road and failed to yield the stop sign. Four minors were passengers with Mecham.
After hitting the Equinox, Mecham’s Tahoe then went across all lanes of travel and over a steep embankment. She was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device and violation of financial responsibility.
Murphy was airlifted from near the scene and flown to Vanderbilt Hospital. No one else was transported to the hospital.
Members of the DeKalb EMS, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and DeKalb Volunteer Fire Department were on the scene.
Meanwhile a Smithville man is facing charges after a truck crash Thursday on Allen Ferry Road.
According to Trooper William Jackson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol 46 year old Mark A. Mason, Jr. was east on Allen Ferry Road in a 2002 Chevy S-10 when he failed to maintain the proper lane and ran into a ditch off the left side of the roadway striking a fence line and a utility pole. The truck came to a final rest in a pasture.
Mason was not believed to have been seriously injured and reportedly refused transport by DeKalb EMS to the hospital. Members of the DeKalb County Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene
Mason was charged with failure to exercise due care, failure to carry and exhibit drivers license on demand, and violation of financial responsibility.