SPEEDWELL, TN (WLAF) – A late afternoon wreck that occurred Saturday on the General Stiner Hwy sent one person to the hospital.

The preliminary information from the Tennessee Highway Patrol details that 42-year- old Khristy Thompson of Speedwell was La Follette-bound (west) when she crashed less than a mile short of the Claiborne-Campbell county line.

Thompson’s 2003 Ford Explorer crossed the center line and ran off the road to the left (south) and struck a concrete drain culvert near Mundy Road. Thompson, who was reported not to be wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the SUV. The Explorer came to an uncontrolled rest on the other side (west) of the culvert.

Thompson was airlifted to a Knoxville hospital where hospital officials list Thompson in critical condition as of Monday morning.

The THP report lists charges as pending. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 05/17/2021-6AM)