MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Highway Patrol said a man was dead after a motorcycle crash on US 411 in McMinn County on July 4.
They said Franklin Harris Jr., 37, was driving at "what appeared to be a high rate of speed" on the road when it crashed into a car carrying three juveniles and two adults. According to the THP's preliminary report, nobody in the car was injured and the crash happened at around 5:30 p.m.
They said the car was driving on Coghill Carlock Rd. and tried to turn left on US 411 when the motorcycle crashed into the car's front-left side.
No charges were filed against anyone in the crash, and no other injuries were reported.