CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A man was flown to an area hospital after a crash involving a motorcycle and tractor-trailer on Wednesday afternoon.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) says a tractor-trailer was traveling north when it entered a curve and its trailer crossed into the southbound lane.
A man driving a 2009 Harley Davidson Sportster was traveling south entered the curve at the same time as the tractor-trailer, a report from THP said.
The report said that motorcycle flipped over on its right side while rounding the curve and skid into the back of the tractor-trailer
According to THP, the motorcyclist, identified as 56-year-old Walter C. Hamilton Jr., 56 of Thomasville, North Carolina, was airlifted to the Johnson City Medical Center.
His condition is unknown.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was uninjured in the crash.
The incident prompted the closure of Highway 321 eastbound, according to the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).
Charges, if any, are pending.
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