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Saturday wreck claims Alexandria woman
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Lisa Fineis, 53, of Alexandria lost her life in accident Sunday afternoon on Highway 70 between Dowelltown and Liberty. According to the THP, Fineis was driving west on Highway 70 just before 6 p.m. when her 2011 GMC Sierra left the roadway on the right side, hit a culvert and overturned, coming to rest on its side. - photo by Photo by Reed Vanderpool
An Alexandria woman was pronounced dead soon after she crashed her truck on Highway 70 between Dowelltown and Liberty Sunday afternoon.According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Lisa Fineis, 53, was extricated from the overturned truck and taken by ambulance to a Life Force helicopter landing site near the intersection of Highway 70 and East Main Street in Liberty.In the end, she was not airlifted, but transported by DeKalb EMS to the emergency room of DeKalb Community Hospital where she died.According to Trooper Craig Wilkerson of the THP, Fineis was driving west on Highway 70 just before 6 p.m. when her 2011 GMC Sierra left the roadway on the right side, hitting a culvert, going airborne and overturning, coming to rest on its side.Fineis was trapped inside the truck, and reportedly unresponsive.The DeKalb County Fire Department's Rescue Team removed her from the vehicle by cutting most of the top of the tuck away from the wreck.The trooper said she was not wearing a seatbelt.Wilkerson was assisted at the scene by Troopers Tommy Cooper and Kyle Herron, DeKalb County Sheriff's Department deputies, Constable Mark Milam, and members of the Liberty and Main Stations of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.