March 28, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Two wrecks Wednesday afternoon and another Tuesday kept law enforcement officers and first responders busy.
The driver of a Toyota Camry lost control on Highway 70 on Snow Hill and slammed into a rock bluff Wednesday. Earlier, the operator of a box truck crashed on Highway 83 (Allen Ferry Road) overturning on its side. The driver climbed out of the cab uninjured.
Both wrecks are under investigation by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Names of the drivers were not immediately available.
Two other people were involved in a wreck Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Mountain Street and West Broad at the traffic light.
Smithville Police say Lisa Ray was driving a 2012 Nissan south on Mountain Street through the intersection when her vehicle struck a 2019 Jeep Cherokee driven by Cody Wagner who was west on Highway 70.
According to the accident report, Ray said she had the green light. Wagner told police that he looked down to pick up something and when he looked back to the road he was in the middle of the intersection and unsure of the color of the traffic light at the time of the crash.
No one was seriously injured.
Members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department and DeKalb EMS were also on the scene.