CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A motorcycle rider involved in a crash on Riverside Drive Sunday afternoon has died from his injuries.
Clarksville police identified the man as 20-year-old Jordan White.
Police said a 22-year-old woman driving a 2004 Chrysler Pacific was stopped in the left lane of southbound Riverside Drive near the intersection of N. Second Street waiting to make a left turn into Arby’s when White’s motorcycle rear-ended the Chrysler.
The woman was transported to Tennova by ambulance with minor injuries. White sustained a head injury and was flown by Lifeflight to Vanderbilt where he later died from his injuries.
There have been eight traffic fatalities in Clarksville so far this year. Four of those deaths have involved motorcycles.