One Airlifted After Rollover Crash

Two people were involved in a one car crash Saturday night on Highway 70 east at the intersection of Brent Taylor Road.
50 year old Kanday Fish of Dowelltown was airlifted from near the scene by helicopter ambulance and flown to Vanderbilt Hospital.
Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that Fish was eastbound on Highway 70 in a 2003 Nissan Morano SUV when she went off the right side of the road, struck a culvert, and overturned. The vehicle came to rest on the driver side. 41 year old Jason Cripps of Cookeville and formerly of Smithville was a passenger.
Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department rescue team were summoned to the scene to perform extrication services to help get Fish out of the vehicle. Cripps was not seriously hurt and did not have to be transported to the hospital.
DeKalb EMS and members of the Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.
Meanwhile, a Hickman man was charged Saturday night with DUI after a one car crash on Highway 264 about a mile south of the DeKalb-Smith County line in DeKalb County.
Trooper Adam Cothron told WJLE that 45 year old James Nixon was traveling north in a 2013 Dodge Challenger when he went off the road, struck a tree, and then ran through a fence. He was transported by EMS to Riverview Regional Medical Center in Carthage. He was also charged with driving under the influence and cited for failure to exercise due care, a violation of the financial responsibility, violation of the open container law, and violation of the seat belt law.