Saturday morning fatality east of Harlan

Elliott man dies in rollover accident

JACKSONVILLE -- An 18-year-old Elliott man died as a result of injuries sustained in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Timber Road near Jacksonville Saturday morning, Dec. 3.

According to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday at approximately 9:45 a.m., deputies responded to a single-vehicle rollover accident in the 1100 block of Timber Raod. 

Devon Lee McClain, 18, Elliott, was driving a vehicle northbound on Timber when the vehicle veered out of control on the gravel and entered the east ditch. Reports said McClain was the only occupant in the vehicle, a silver 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe, and he was pronounced dead at the scene by the Shelby County Medical Examiner.

The sheriff’s office was assisted at the scene by the Harlan Police Department, Harlan Fire Department and Medivac Ambulance/Rescue.