FOUR KILLED IN SEPARATE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS REGIONALLY IN THREE DAYS

Incredibly, four adult males, two of them emergency service personnel, have been killed in motorcycle accidents in the middle Tennessee region in the last three days.

The Cookeville Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of their own.  Landon Rice, age 33, died Wednesday evening May 12, 2022 from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. 

Emergency responders rushed to a motorcycle vs car crash at the intersection of US-41/North Lowry Street and Jefferson Pike in Smyrna around 11:30AM Thursday morning. Rutherford County EMS pronounced one individual deceased on the scene.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol says that a Loudon man was killed Thursday night in Roane County when his motorcycle collided with a car.

Just before 6 pm Thursday, the THP reports that 45-year-old Greg McFalls of Loudon had been riding his 2008 Harley Davidson FLH west on Highway 72 when a 2010 Buick Lacrosse driven by 18-year-old Meza Dominic attempted to turn left into the parking lot at Midway High School, and the two vehicles collided. 

Retired Cookeville Police Captain Bobby Anderson was killed in a motorcycle accident Friday morning at 50-years-old. Anderson was driving a 2019 Honda Goldwing motorcycle in the area of Buffalo Valley Road near Eagles Landing Drive. The accident involved Anderson’s motorcycle and a dump truck.