October 6, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
A 35-year-old Sparta man was airlifted after a pickup truck crash Friday morning on Highway 70 east.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Danny Prater was traveling east in a 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck when he failed to negotiate a curve and went off the right side of the road into the woods and struck a tree. The truck overturned and came to rest on its passenger side.
Trapped in the truck, Prater was helped from the vehicle by members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department’s Rescue Team and DeKalb EMS. He was then transported to the hospital and airlifted to Erlanger in Chattanooga.
The crash was investigated by Trooper Brent Collier with assistance from Trooper Bobby Johnson.