Collision on Briley Parkway Claims Decaturville Man

The motorcyclist killed in Sunday's 3:45 p.m. collision on Briley Parkway near Dickerson Pike is identified as Donald Armstrong, 77, of Decaturville, Tennessee.

The preliminary investigation shows that the driver of a 2019 Infiniti was traveling westbound on Briley Parkway approaching the on-ramp from Dickerson Pike onto Briley Parkway when, according to witnesses, Armstrong accelerated up the ramp to enter Briley Parkway and struck the passenger side of the Infiniti. The driver immediately slowed down and pulled over to the shoulder of the roadway. Armstrong was thrown from the Tri Glide and died at the scene.