THP Investigates Two Wrecks Near Sligo Bridge Tuesday

Two people were involved in a pickup truck accident Tuesday afternoon on Highway 70 just east of Sligo bridge.
Central dispatch received the call at 12:15 p.m.
Trooper Dewaine Jennings of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that 43 year old Timothy Wayne Turner was driving east on Highway 70 in a 1999 Ford Ranger when he tried to negotiate a curve. The truck went off the left side of the highway, entered a ditchline and rolled onto its side.
Turner got out of the truck under his own power. His wife, 50 year old Pamela Gail Turner was removed from the vehicle by DeKalb EMS and members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Team..
She was by taken by ambulance to DeKalb Community Hospital but she was not believed to have been seriously hurt.
In addition to the county’s extrication and rescue team, members of the Midway station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department were also on the scene. Trooper Jennings said Mr. Turner was cited for failure to maintain lane of travel.
Two hours later, another wreck occurred at the same location. Central dispatch received the call at 2:26 p.m.
Trooper Jennings said 22 year old Troy William Hammons was going east in a 2001 GMC Sierra when his truck went off the left side of the road and into the ditchline. His vehicle did not roll over. After the crash investigation, a wrecker pulled him out and Hammons was able to drive away. He was not injured.