Man charged in death of teen motorcyclist


BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A grand jury in northeast Tennessee has indicted a man in the traffic death of a teenage motorcyclist.
The Kingsport Times reported several charges, including vehicular homicide and aggravated assault, were returned against 25-year-old Daniel Eli McGuire of Kingsport by a Sullivan County grand jury.
Police said McGuire was driving a pickup truck that ran though a Highway Patrol checkpoint on July 11, sped through a bridge construction site and struck a motorcycle.
The motorcycle rider, 17-year-old Joshua Darnell, was killed.
Authorities said the pickup driver then tried to flee on foot.
The assault charges relate to troopers and construction workers who scrambled to avoid being struck.

 

Theres a Step in the right Direction anyway will wait and see what the Final Verdict is at the end .. Far too many cyclists have been killed with little if any punishment for doing so..