January 7, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
An elderly man escaped serious injury in a rollover crash Thursday on Highway 56 in the Shiney Rock Community.
According to Trooper Chris Delong of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 76 year old Sanford Chrisman of Smithville was traveling south on Highway 56 in a 2018 Nissan Kicks when he went off the right side of the road and struck a culvert. The vehicle overturned on its top. Chrisman was taken by DeKalb EMS to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department Rescue and Extrication Team helped remove Chrisman from the vehicle