Two people were involved in a crash early this morning (Tuesday) on Highway 70 in front of DeKalb Market.
Central dispatch received the call at 4:42 a.m.
Trooper Jason Cobble of the Tennessee Highway Patrol told WJLE that 34 year old Courtney Webster of Smithville was taken by DeKalb EMS to St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital where she was treated and released.
According to Trooper Cobble, Webster was driving a 2010 Nissan Altima, pulling out of the parking lot of DeKalb Market to go east on Highway 70 when her car crossed the path of a 1994 Toyota pickup, driven by 54 year old John Saylors of Sparta traveling west on US 70. The truck hit the car on the driver side.
Saylors was not transported to the hospital.
Members of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.