A man riding a motorcycle was killed in a crash on Highway 153 in Hixson, according to a press release from the Chattanooga Police Department.
About 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, the Police Department’s traffic unit responded to a report of a multi-vehicle crash in the 5700 block of Highway 153. A preliminary investigation found an SUV had turned across the southbound lanes of Highway 153 into a parking lot when a 19-year-old man riding a motorcycle hit the vehicle’s passenger side. The SUV then struck a parked vehicle, the press release said.
Hamilton County Emergency Medical Services responded and pronounced the motorcyclist dead at the scene. No one else was injured, according to the press release.
Police request that anyone with any information about this incident call 423-698-2525.
— Compiled by Jody Park