A two-vehicle crash last Thursday morning resulted in the death of an Alexandria man and injuries for two others. The wreck occurred at the Forks of the Pike, at the yellow light intersection of Highway 70 and Highway 96 (Murfreesboro Highway).

E-911 Dispatchers received a call reporting the crash at 11:23 a.m. The DeKalb Sheriff’s Department, DeKalb EMS, Liberty Engine 65, and the DeKalb County Fire Department’s Extrication and Rescue Team responded to the scene.

According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 78-year-old Sarah Harrington of Auburntown was traveling west on Highway 70 in a 2004 Toyota Hylander. At the same time, 82-year-old Alice Francis Dodd was driving a 2011 Mazda 3 with her husband, 85-year-old George Dodd, Jr., in the passenger seat.

Authorities say that as Harrington attempted to make a left turn onto Highway 96, she pulled into the path of Dodd’s vehicle, which t-boned Harrinton’s SUV, flipping it on its side. Harrington was trapped in the wreckage and had to be extricated with the Jaws of Life in order to be freed from the crash.

A Vanderbilt Medical Center Lifeflight helicopter was called to the scene to transport Mr. Dodd, landing at DeKalb West School, but Dodd succumbed to his injuries in the ambulance at the scene. Mrs. Dodd and Harrington were transported by DeKalb EMS to Ascension St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital.

The crash was investigated by Trooper Johnson with assistance from THP Lieutenant Charlie Caplinger and Trooper Brent Collier.