September 17, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Two women were treated and released from Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital after a two car crash Monday afternoon on Highway 70 west of Sligo Bridge.
Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said 41 year old Rachel Acker of Sparta was traveling west in a 2000 Buick Century when she lost control while negotiating a curve causing the car to rotate and cross the center line into the path of an eastbound 2012 Ford Fiesta driven by 23 year old Breanna Tarpley of Auburntown. The impact forced the Buick into the eastbound ditch.
Both women were transported by DeKalb EMS to the hospital. Acker was cited for failure to exercise due care and for not updating her driver license after moving to Tennessee from Michigan.
Meanwhile, one woman was also treated and released in a Sunday night wreck on Highway 70 east of Sligo bridge.
Trooper Sean Tramel said 69 year old Jo Ann Joanzusin of Baxter was traveling west in a 2004 Hyundai Sonata when she lost control on a curve, went off the highway, and struck a rock bluff. She was transported by DeKalb EMS to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital where she was treated and released.
Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and DeKalb Sheriff’s Department also responded to both wrecks.