Kyle Knight, 26, died Tuesday after his motorcycle collided with a tractor-trailer at Gallaher Road and Farmer Road in Roane County.
The wreck closed the Kingston-area intersection for part of the morning and left the truck driver unhurt. According to WVLT, troopers said Knight was riding a Kawasaki on State Route 58 near Farmer Road, struck the back of the trailer, and died of his injuries.
What Troopers Describe
A preliminary Tennessee Highway Patrol account, as reported by WVLT, put the truck's entry onto SR-58 at around 6:43 a.m. The tractor-trailer pulled out of a parking lot on Farmer Road, headed toward Interstate 40.
Knight hit the trailer at an angle and came to rest in the roadway, troopers said. A later 3B Media News account said he had been traveling on Gallaher Road, also SR-58, toward Oak Ridge on a 2023 Kawasaki, and that the motorcycle stopped alongside the semi.
That account named the driver as Randall Peach, 51, of Tennessee, in a 2000 Peterbilt. It said he was pulling onto Gallaher from a truck parking lot on Farmer Road and was wearing a seatbelt. Peach was not injured.
An Earlier Account of the Scene
Coverage of the crash did not settle on a single clock time. An earlier 3B Media News report placed the collision at about 6 a.m. near the entrance to Weigel's Market, as the rig left the property and entered the road.
At that point the motorcyclist had not been identified. Later reporting named Knight and described the fatal injuries.
Who Has the Case
WATE reported that Kingston police announced the incident had been cleared at 11:11 a.m. They turned the investigation over to the Tennessee Highway Patrol because it involved a commercial vehicle on a state highway.
WVLT reported that the tractor-trailer driver was not facing charges. The crash investigation was still underway, 3B Media News reported.
