Cherohala – A motorcycle accident Sunday evening claimed the life of a north Georgia man.
Around 7:30 p.m., Thomas Murrell Shaw – 67, of Jasper, Ga. – was traveling south on N.C. 143 near the Spirit Ridge Overlook (mile marker 10) when the motorcycle traveled left of center, left the roadway and struck the guardrail, according to a preliminary report from the N.C. Highway Patrol. Shaw was pronounced dead at the scene.
A female passenger on the motorcycle was transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville with serious injuries. Her condition at press time Wednesday was unknown.
The early report from the Highway Patrol indicated that speed played a factor in the crash. The Graham County Rescue Squad and Graham County Emergency Medical Services also responded to the accident.
Marshall McClung contributed to this report.