One Injured in Friday Night Crash

November 15, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

One person was injured in a two car crash Friday night at the intersection of Highway 70 & 83 near Kilgore’s Restaurant.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 65 year old James Slatten of Rock Island was traveling on Highway 70 in a 2017 Nissan Rogue as 18 year old Braxton Hutchings of Smithville was heading in the opposite direction on Highway 70 in a 1999 Honda Civic. The crash occurred as one vehicle crossed the path of the other while turning into the parking lot of Kilgore’s Restaurant

Slatten was injured and taken by EMS to Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital

Members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department were also on the scene to assist.

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