Knoxville Man Sentence to More Than a Decade in Prison for Deadly Crash Involving a Motorcycle in West Knoxville
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Knoxville Man Sentence to More Than a Decade in Prison for Deadly Crash Involving a Motorcycle in West Knoxville

A Knoxville man is sentenced to more than a decade behind bars after a deadly crash involving a motorcycle on Kingston Pike.

The Knox County District Attorney’s Office says 23-year-old Christian Elwood was driving down Kingston Pike at 91 mph on July 23rd in 2022 when he hit the victim, who was on a motorcycle, near Huxley Road and died the next day.

Elwood was convicted of vehicular homicide by intoxication, reckless endangerment, driving under the influence and speeding. He has been sentenced to 11 years behind bars without the possibility of parole.

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