KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ( WATE ) — A man has died and another person was injured in a crash that occurred Tuesday night along Middlebrook Pike, according to the Knoxville Police Department.
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KPD said that at around 7:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, officers responded to a crash on Middlebrook Pike at Whitehall Road. The crash involved a Suzuki motorcycle and a black Acura sedan. The motorcyclist, a 53-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
“Based on the investigation conducted at the scene and witness statements, it is believed that the motorcycle was traveling at a high speed on Middlebrook Pike when it collided with the passenger side of the black Acura, which was attempting to turn left into the Retreat at West Hills apartment complex parking lot,” a news release stated.
The driver of the Acura sedan was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center via AMR “to be treated for injuries that are not expected to be life-threatening,” KPD said.