Larry Jones, 45, of McMinnville lost his life in a one-vehicle crash on Sparta Highway Saturday.

Jones passenger, 33-year-old Brandon Temple of Hendersonville was airlifted by Life Flight to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville with serious injuries..

According to Trooper Bobby Johnson of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Jones was driving east on Highway 70 in a 2001 Chevy Blazer when he failed to negotiate a curve and went off the right side of the road near the old VFW building. The Blazer took down a wooden post and the VFW sign before careening down an embankment into a hollow, where the vehicle overturned and came to rest on its top. Jones passed away at the scene.

Members of the DeKalb EMS, DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department, Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad, and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and Constable Mark Milam responded.