Identity released of motorcyclist flown for treatment after I-24 crash

by News Edge Newsroom

OAK GROVE, Ky. – The identity of a motorcyclist flown for treatment following a crash Monday afternoon has been released, according to a report by WDKZ.

WKDZ states the crash occurred on Interstate 24 in Oak Grove, causing a motorcyclist to be flown to a Nashville hospital.

According to WKDZ, the Kentucky State Police says that at 4:11 p.m., a motorcycle was traveling eastbound when it crashed into the back of an SUV shortly before the Pembroke Oak Grove Road exit.

Hopkinsville Fire Department Spokesman Capt. Payton Rogers says the motorcycle operator, identified as 70-year-old Kendall Smith of Virginia, sustained a broken arm, along with “several other severe injuries,” WKDZ states.

WKDZ says Smith remained in critical condition on Tuesday afternoon, according to the hospital.

Further information has not been released at this time.