Clarksville, TN – On July 15th, 2012, around 1:37pm, a 2008 Yamaha motorcycle ridden by a 42 year old male was traveling north on Swift Drive after turning right off of McGraw Street.
According to a witness the rider accelerated on Swift Drive, leaned to negotiate a curve, lost control, went off the right side of the paved roadway into a yard at 957 Swift Drive, hit a cement culvert, causing the rider and motorcycle to go airborne.
The rider died at the scene. The lead investigator is Officer Evon Parkes.