Mariano Luis Maldonado, 55, was a Fort Myers restauranteur who died in a motorcycle crash on a stretch of Tennessee highway known as “Tail of the Dragon”
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- A Florida community is mourning the loss of a beloved local chef who died in a motorcycle accident on a well-known Tennessee highway
- Mariano Luis Maldonado, 55, was a Fort Myers restaurateur known for his Argentinian and Peruvian cuisine businesses
- He and 59-year-old Eduardo Falcone were riding a motorcycle on the stretch of highway known as “Tail of the Dragon” when they hit an embankment and crashed, killing them both
A Florida community is in mourning after a beloved local chef died in a motorcycle accident on a well-known highway in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
According to reports from the Knoxville News Sentinel and WGCU, 55-year-old Mariano Luis Maldonado — a Fort Myers, Fla. restaurateur known for his Argentinian and Peruvian businesses — died on May 19 while riding passenger on a motorcycle on Tennessee’s Highway 129 about 50 miles outside of Knoxville, near the North Carolina state line.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol told the outlets that Maldonado and the driver, 59-year-old Eduardo Falcone, were riding along the Tail of the Dragon, a dangerous stretch of road frequented by motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts for its many winding curves, when their Harley-Davidson Tricycle crashed…