One Airlifted After Friday Night Crash

March 30, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A young woman was airlifted after a two vehicle crash Friday night on Cookeville Highway near the Phillipi Church.

20 year old Chloe Cantrell of Smithville was flown by helicopter ambulance to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.

According to Trooper Jonathan Burke of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 57 year old Douglas Judkins of Smithville, driving a 2000 Chevy Silverado north on Highway 56, crossed into the southbound lane and struck Cantrell’s 2016 Hyundai Veloster.

Cantrell was treated at the scene by DeKalb EMS and taken to a helicopter landing zone set up nearby by members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.

Judkins later went by private vehicle to the hospital.

He was cited for failure to maintain lane of travel.

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