SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WTVF) — A motorcyclist was killed in a collision on U.S. Highway 431 Monday afternoon in Springfield.
Travis Dowlen, 38, of Springfield was operating the 2007 Suzuki GSX motorcycle when he struck a pickup truck at the intersection of W County Farm Road and U.S. 431, says Tennessee Highway Patrol. The crash was initially reported around 3 p.m.
The THP collision report states Dowlen was headed southbound on U.S. 431 "at a high rate of speed." The driver of the pickup truck was stopped on W County Farm Road and began to turn left onto U.S. 431 when the motorcycle hit the front corner of the truck on the driver's side.
No charges have been placed on the driver of the pickup truck.
