Motorcyclist dies after wreck on Buffalo Road

In a single vehicle accident Monday, January 18, 2010 Tom Eugene Thompson of Summertown was injured while riding his custom 2002 Harley Davidson. Thompson was traveling toward Hohenwald on Buffalo Road when he apparently lost control of his bike. After leaving the road he travelled approximately 130 yards and ended up in the yard of Vance Potts of 101
Garden Place, where he struck a tree approximately 45 feet from the road totaling his motorcycle. Thompson was Lifeflighted to Vanderbilt Hospital with multiple injuries where he later died, Lewis County Sheriff Dwayne Kilpatrick reported.

Investigating officer William Hobbs of the Tennessee Highway Patrol stated speed was definitely a factor, but drugs and possibly alcohol could also have been involved. He stated the case is still under investigation. Thompson was found with crystal methamphetamine on his person with a street value estimated at $1,100.

A neighbor who asked to remain anonymous stated the cycle had gone up and down Buffalo Road a couple of times at a very high rate of speed. “He was really flying” the man said.

Assisting in the investigation at the scene were Dustin Jones also of the THP and Todd Webb of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Department.