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Motocycle rider struck by pickup
Motorcycle crash
James Clark photo Emergency responders tend to motorcycle rider Bruce Wheatley, 71, after a crash at the intersection of Beersheba Highway and Shellsford Road on Saturday morning.
A 71-year-old motorcycle rider was airlifted Saturday morning after he reportedly pulled into the path of an oncoming pickup and was sent flying about 30 feet. Birmingham, Ala., resident Bruce Wheatley was airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. He was part of a group of three motorcycle riders from Birmingham who are in the area for a weekend motorcycle rally in Dunlap.