January 29, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
A Smithville man was airlifted after a one car crash Tuesday night on Big Rock Road.
According to Trooper Troy Withers of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 63 year old Danny W. Hale was driving a 1999 Toyota Solara when he ran off the right side of the road in a curve and snapped a utility pole. The car came to rest on its side against the pole. Hale was taken by EMS to a helicopter landing zone near the crash scene where he was airlifted to a medical facility.