Motorcycle crash victim was Whitwell man

HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) – The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department has released the victim’s name in Tuesday’s deadly motorcycle crash on the Marion County line.

He was 20 year old Tristan Hensley from Whitwell.

Investigators say he was travelling on highway 134 which parallels I 24 and failed to negotiate a curve.

The bike went down a steep bank.

The crash scene was discovered Tuesday morning, but, as of last night, traffic investigators still weren’t sure when it actually happened.