September 8, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
A Monday night motorcycle crash claimed the life of a 50 year old Smithville man.
Dead is Mark Anthony Graham
According to Trooper Jonathan Burke of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Graham was traveling east on Jefferson Road on a 1999 Honda JH2 Sport Bike at around 10 p.m. when he went off the right side of the road and crashed. The accident report states that Graham was “traveling at a speed in excess of the speed limit. At the crest of the hill on Jefferson Road, Graham ran off the right side of the roadway, went into a ditch, and struck a fence”. Graham, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the bike and landed in a ditch. The bike came to rest in the oncoming traffic lane.
Graham was taken by DeKalb EMS to Ascension St Thomas DeKalb Hospital where he was pronounced dead.