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Motorcycle rider dies after wreck
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The BMW motorcycle ridden by Bruce Wheatley, 71, was sent flying about 30 feet after it pulled into the path a Chevrolet pickup near Mt. Leo on Saturday morning. Wheatley succumbed to his injuries at Erlanger Medical Center.
The Memorial Day weekend was marred by a traffic fatality as a 71-year-old motorcycle rider who pulled into the path of a pickup Saturday morning succumbed to his injuries later that day. Bruce Wheatley of Birmingham, Ala., died at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga after being airlifted there from Warren County. Wheatley was in the area to participate in a BMW motorcycle rally in Dunlap.