WTVF-TV reported that a Fort Campbell soldier was killed on December 16, following a motorcycle accident in Clarksville.
According to WTVF, LaFrederick Gray, an E-4 active duty soldier at the post, was pronounced dead at the scene on Fort Campbell Boulevard.
At around 7 p.m., Jonathan Hodge was reportedly driving a 1993 Ford Ranger when he turned left onto Lafayette Road from Fort Campbell Boulevard, and collided with a 2005 Yamaha YZFR1, operated by Gray.
Witnesses told investigators that Gray was traveling at a high rate of speed when the accident occurred. He was reportedly wearing a helmet, but police said that it did not appear to be strapped on correctly.
No charges have been made in connection to the accident and toxicology results are pending.
I HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A NASHVILLE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
Between 2004 and 2008, motorcycle crashes in Tennessee rose by an annual average of 9.2 percent. Aside from death, these crashes often result in serious personal injuries, including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries, amputation and broken bones.
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“Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” – Luke 12:27
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