A motorcyclist was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Gate Seven Road near Fort Campbell on Friday.
According to the report from the Christian County Sheriff’s Office, a vehicle driven by 74-year-old James Shepherd of Woodlawn, Tennessee was heading westbound on Gate Seven Road and was slowing to a stop to make a left turn into Southwinds Contracting. As he was turning, the vehicle was hit in the side by a westbound motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle, 21-year-old Dillon Balestracci of Fort Knox, told deputies his throttle locked as his travel speed and he was unable to disengage it before colliding with the vehicle. The motorcycle hit the vehicle and overturned.
Balestracci was transported to Blanchfield Army Community Hospital for treatment of injuries. Shepherd was not injured.Â