Motorcyclists seriously injured in Crump crash
UPDATE, June 3, 5:15 p.m. — The THP has retracted its initial statement that the driver of the motorcycle failed to yield the right of way. The incident remains under investigation.
INITIAL STORY — A husband and wife riding a motorcycle were seriously injured Sunday around 8 p.m. in a two-vehicle crash near a Crump restaurant popular with bikers.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol said the driver of the 1987 Harley Davidson motorcycle, Jeffrey D. White, 52, of Booneville, Mississippi, and his wife Wendy White were both transported to Regional One hospital in Memphis. Both were wearing helmets.
Failing to yield the right of way, White had pulled out of the parking lot of Hillbilly’s Wing Shack at 26280 Tenn. 69-S and struck the front end of a 2018 Honda Accord traveling north on the highway and driven by Savannah L. Meek, 21, of Lexington, Tennessee.
Meek was reported injured and was wearing a seat belt. A 21-year-old passenger from Reagan, Tennessee, was not injured and was wearing a seat belt.
It’s unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the collision, the THP said.
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That’s my aunt and uncle that was on that motorcycle no drugs was part of it.
This newspaper article from what I understand is WRONG! From what I’ve been told there is video surveillance from the wreck that shows the driver in the Honda went into oncoming traffic which resulted in a head on collision.
As the updated story notes, the THP has withdrawn its initial statement that the driver of the motorcycle failed to yield the right of way. The crash remains under investigation and we’ll report on that investigation as more information becomes available.