January 26, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The driver of a Lexus was injured in a rollover crash on Keltonburg/Antioch Road (Highway 288) Thursday evening.
According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 67 year old Phillip G. Sanker of West Point, Tennessee was traveling east in a 2000 Lexus ES3 when he ran off the left side of the road while negotiating a right curve. The car struck a ditch and overturned on the driver’s side.
Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s Extrication and Rescue Team were summoned because Sanker was pinned in the car. He was wearing a seatbelt. They were able to access him by cutting the top off the vehicle with their extrication equipment.
Sanker was treated at the scene by DeKalb EMS and taken to the hospital.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department was also on the scene.