Afternoon wrecks send two to the hospital; one by air

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – First Responders have been extra busy this afternoon working accidents with injury.

At 12:45pm Friday is when a Ford Bronco went over an embankment on old Hwy 63 at Red Ash about three miles outside of Caryville. The driver was trapped in the wreckage and freed by members of the Caryville Fire Department.

The man, in his late 30s, was flown out by Lifestar. The landing zone was set up on the Camel Manufacturing property in the Collins Industrial Park at I-75 Exit 141.

A wreck with injury occurred not long after 1:30pm this afternoon on the four lane in front of Hardee’s. Jacksboro-bound traffic is backed up past Bojangles. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 05/14/2021-2PM)