A local man escaped serious injury in this Thursday morning crash on Dry Creek Road in Dowelltown. According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Justin Lohorn, 30, was traveling north when the driver said he fell asleep, leaving the roadway on the left side and plunging down an embankment. Lohorn’s 2003 S-10 pickup struck several trees before coming to rest in some trees in the ravine.
Lohorn escapes serious injury in crash