Two Teens Injured in Rollover Crash

Two teens were injured in a rollover crash Tuesday night on Highway 146 (Short Mountain Highway).
Trooper Sean Tramel of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that 16 year old Rachel Patterson of Smithville was traveling north in a 1998 Honda Passport and lost control after she passed another vehicle. After completing the pass, Patterson overcorrected and went off the road. The vehicle overturned and came to rest on its side in a corn field just off the highway.
Both Patterson and a passenger, 16 year old Richard Perry of Smithville were injured. Patterson was airlifted from near the scene by a helicopter ambulance and flown to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. Perry was taken by DeKalb EMS to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital.
Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.
Trooper Tramel said charges are pending.