MARYVILLE "†A Maryland man died Monday night in a motorcycle wreck on the stretch of U.S. Highway 129 known as "the Dragon."
Jarrett Andrew Proctor, 21, of Brandywine, Md., lost control of his 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa around 8:50 p.m. after taking a curve at high speed, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
He locked the rear brake and skidded about 230 feet before running off the right side of the road and into a tree, Trooper John Pedigo wrote in a report.
Proctor wore a helmet, but that didn't save him.
The motorcycle and its driver's body rolled more than 25 feet down an embankment, where authorities found them, Pedigo wrote.
More details as they develop online and in Wednesday's News Sentinel.