Crash claims Graham

By angie meadows

A motorcycle crash claimed the life of a 50 year-old Smithville man last Monday night. Dead is Mark Anthony Graham

According to Trooper Jonathan Burke of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Graham was traveling east on Jefferson Road on a Honda JH2 Sport Bike at around 10 p.m. when he went off the right side of the road and crashed. Graham, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the bike and landed in a ditch. The bike came to rest in the oncoming traffic lane.

Graham was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension St Thomas DeKalb Hospital where he was pronounced dead.