Driver extricated from wreckage, airlifted to Knoxville hospital

Jun 22, 2026 | News

**This compact car veered off Pinecrest Road, and the driver was entrapped inside the car.**

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- A Friday afternoon wreck sent one person to the hospital by way of a medical helicopter.

At 1:58pm on Friday, members of the Campbell County Rural Fire Service were dispatched to the 900 block of Pinecrest Road for the report of an accident with injuries.

**A crew in one of the CCRFS crash trucks responded.**

While enroute, the CCRFS crew was notified of one patient entrapped inside the vehicle.

**The driver of this car was airlifted to a Knoxville hospital.**

.The CCRFS crew quickly extricated the patient, and the male subject, in his 30s, was transported by Campbell EMS to the Campbell County Airport. A medical helicopter, at the airport, airlifted the patient to UT Hospital. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-06/22/2026-6AM-PHOTOS SUBMITTED)