May 29, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A woman was airlifted with serious injuries after a one auto crash late Sunday night on Big Rock Road that also involved a man and two children.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 31 year old Eric Randall Adcock of Smithville was driving a 2013 Nissan Juke and attempting to negotiate a curve when the vehicle went off the right side of the roadway, over an embankment, and into the wood line hitting several trees. The Juke then overturned and came to a final rest on its left side about 120 feet off the road.
Adcock and his passengers, 28 year old Dakota Adcock of Smithville and two juveniles were entrapped in the vehicle. Both Eric and Dakota were not wearing their seatbelts and the juveniles were improperly restrained.
The DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s extrication and rescue team was summoned so that the wreck victims could be removed from the vehicle. Members of the Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad used a stokes basket and rope to bring Ms. Adcock back up the hill to the ambulance.
Eric Adcock was transported by DeKalb EMS to St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. Dakota Adcock was airlifted from near the scene by a helicopter ambulance and flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The children were apparently not seriously injured.
The crash was investigated by Trooper Chris Meness of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Charges are pending.