One Airlifted in Three Vehicle Crash

One person was airlifted from the scene of a three vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Highway 56 south near Evins Mill Nursery.
Central dispatch received the call at 10:24 a.m.
Trooper Allen England of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that 46 year old Rebecca Frisbee of Smithville was flown by Air Evac helicopter ambulance to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. She was a passenger of a 2006 Dodge Dakota, driven by 60 year old Cheryl Stewart of Smithville.
According to Trooper England, 51 year old James Knox of Dowelltown, driving a 1993 Chevy Blazer south on Highway 56, rear ended a southbound 2010 Kia Optima, driven by 52 year old Gregory Baker of Smithville, who was attempting to turn left onto Webb Lane. After hitting the Baker car, Knox’s vehicle crossed into the northbound lane and made an angle impact with Stewart’s car.
Knox’s mother, 74 year old Phylis Thompson of Smithville, was a passenger with him. Neither Knox, Thompson, nor Stewart were seriously injured. Baker was the only one taken to the hospital by DeKalb EMS.
Trooper England said Knox was charged with violation of the due care law.
In addition to Trooper England, DeKalb EMS, and Air Evac, members of the sheriff’s department were on the scene along with the Keltonburg Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.