April 15, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
A 64-year-old woman was injured in a crash Thursday night on Highway 96 (Dale Ridge Road).
Trooper Brent Collier of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said that Karen White was driving a 2015 GMC Terrain south on Highway 96 when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, hit a guard rail, and struck a tree. According to Trooper Collier, White was not wearing her seat belt and sustained a head injury. She was transported by ground ambulance to a Murfreesboro hospital.
The DeKalb County Fire Department responded to the crash and issued this prepared statement. “The DeKalb County Fire Department responded to a single vehicle crash Thursday evening in the area of 908 Dale Ridge Road. The vehicle was traveling south and left the roadway in a sharp curve, struck the end of a guardrail, went over a steep embankment, and collided with a tree”.
“The driver was the sole occupant and was trapped inside the vehicle. Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel were able to successfully free the patient. The patient was subsequently transported to a Murfreesboro hospital for trauma treatment because air medical transport could not be arranged due to cloud cover”.
“The DeKalb County Fire Department’s Vehicle Extrication Unit, Liberty Station, DeKalb EMS, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and Tennessee Highway Patrol provided assistance at the scene”.