A 70 year old White County man was seriously injured in a one vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on Highway 70 east.
Trooper Allen England of the Tennessee Highway Patrol says William M. Johnson of Roberts Matthews Highway, Sparta was traveling east on U.S. 70 in a 2002 Chevy Trail Blazer when he exited the roadway on the south side, struck a sign and mailbox, then went airborne, and came to rest some twenty feet below the roadway in a ravine.
Johnson was airlifted from the scene by a Life Force Helicopter Ambulance and flown to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.
The accident occurred around 1:58 p.m. at 2512 Sparta Highway in DeKalb County.
Trooper England says Johnson was not wearing a seat belt.
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