Two Injured in Separate Sunday Wrecks

A 28 year old Lavergne man was airlifted after he lost control of his motorcycle and wrecked on Highway 96 (Dale Ridge Road) Sunday afternoon.
Central dispatch received the call at 5:41 p.m.
Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that Waymon Rasheed Tharpe was traveling south on a 1989 Suzuki when he failed to negotiate a curve, went off the highway, struck a culvert and crashed. Tharpe, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown from the bike. He had apparently been traveling with a group of other motorcycle riders.
Tharpe was taken by DeKalb EMS to DeKalb Community Hospital and airlifted from there by helicopter ambulance to Vanderbilt Hospital.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and members of the Liberty Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department were also on the scene.
Meanwhile in a separate crash earlier in the day, one woman was injured in a car wreck on Short Mountain Highway.
Central dispatch received the call at 12:13 p.m.
Trooper Dewaine Jennings of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that 28 year old Lacie Nichole Hamilton of Smithville was north on Highway 146 in a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am when she failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the center line of the highway, went off the left side of the road, and struck a utility pole. A small child, in the car with Hamilton, was not hurt. Hamilton was taken by DeKalb EMS to DeKalb Community Hospital.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department was also on the scene along with the Blue Springs Station of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.