A Sparta man has been given two years in prison after he left the scene of a two-vehicle crash this past
September.

The driver Robin Clark Green, 44, entered a plea by information to the charge of reckless endangerment. He was given a two-year sentence.

The wreck that landed Green in jail happened on Sparta Highway near Howard Redmon Road. He was going east in his 1994 Nissan Xterra when he crossed into the westbound lane to pass another vehicle on a double yellow line.
J
uan Delgado of Smithville, who was traveling west on Sparta Highway in a 1998 Toyota Tacoma, swerved to avoid a collision but Green’s vehicle still slammed into the Tacoma. Delgado’s truck left roadway and struck a ditch. Green’s vehicle went off the left side of the roadway and struck a ditch and a fence Green fled the scene on foot.

He had three passengers in the vehicle with him, 39-year-old Angela Atnip, 22-year-old Zachary Walker, and 42-year-old Barry Atnip all of Smithville. Both Angela and Barry Atnip were transported by ground ambulance to St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital while Walker was airlifted to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.

Delgado was not injured but he was cited for not having a driver license and failing to provide proof of financial responsibility.