Man Airlifted after Saturday night Truck Wreck

A Smithville man was airlifted to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga Saturday night after a two vehicle accident on New Home Road.
Trooper Darrell Knowles of the Tennessee Highway Patrol says Greg Mayo was traveling north on New Home Road when the Ford pickup truck he was driving went over the center line and sideswiped a southbound Ford truck, driven by Douglas Barnes.
According to Trooper Knowles, Mayo told him he looked down for an instant making a call on his cell phone when the accident occurred.
Barnes’ truck went off the road into a ditch and then struck a fence. Barnes apparently swerved to try to avoid the collision but was unsuccessful.
Mayo was taken by DeKalb EMS to the parking lot of DeKalb Middle School where he was airlifted by a helicopter ambulance and flown to Erlanger Hospital.
Barnes and a passenger of his truck were not injured.
Members of the Main Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department along with the Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.
The Smithville Volunteer Fire Department reportedly set up the landing zone for the helicopter.