December 24, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
A crash claimed a life Friday afternoon in DeKalb County.
Dead is 43-year-old Lannie R. Fletcher.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Fletcher was driving a 2017 Ford F150 pickup west on Snow Hill Road when the truck went off the roadway crossing Possum Hollow Road before launching into the air and hitting a tree and then rolling down a steep embankment where it came to a final rest. A 13-year-old passenger was injured in the wreck.
In addition to the THP, DeKalb EMS, and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, DeKalb Fire Department, and the Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad were on the scene.
According to Fire Chief Donny Green, the department had to extricate the deceased, and the rescue squad assisted in getting him back up the steep hill.