Two Injured in Monday Afternoon Crash

Two people were injured Monday afternoon in a two vehicle crash on Highway 70 at the top of the hill east of Sligo Bridge.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 35 year old Christopher R. Friant of Sparta, who was traveling west on Highway 70 in a 1998 Kia Sportage, slowed for a vehicle turning left in front of him, when he skidded and lost control, making contact with an eastbound vehicle near the center line. The eastbound vehicle, a 1994 Chevrolet GEO, was driven by 21 year old Shaleen Mooney of Adams Street, Smithville.
Mooney was extricated from her vehicle by members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department Extrication and Rescue Team. She was then airlifted from near the scene by a helicopter ambulance and flown to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.
Friant was transported by DeKalb EMS to DeKalb Community Hospital.
The accident was investigated by Lieutenant Randy Maynard of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Trooper Darrell Knowles assisted. Also on the scene were members of the Sheriff’s Department and the Johnson’s Chapel Station of the county fire department.
Meanwhile, a 17 year old Alexandria girl was treated and released from the hospital at Carthage following a one car accident Monday afternoon on Walker Creek Road in DeKalb County.
Trooper Darrell Knowles of the Tennessee Highway Patrol says the girl, whose name he would not release because she is a juvenile, was driving east in a 2000 Hyundai when she ran off the edge of the road, overcorrected, then ran off the road again. The car went into a clockwise spin and came to rest in a creek bed facing west.
The girl, who resides on New Hope Road, was transported to the Carthage hospital by DeKalb EMS.