A 28-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday night after a collision involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 10 p.m. near mile marker 60 on I-81 South. The motorcycle came to rest in the left lane, and the rider, Joshua Lee McGuire, was thrown into the roadway. McGuire was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities reported that a tractor-trailer traveling in the left lane struck the motorcycle, dragging it before coming to a stop on the right shoulder. The truck later caught fire, but the driver was not injured.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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