A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash that happened on Monday night on W. Martin Mill Pike. 

At around 5:45 p.m. on Monday, October 28, 2024, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to the 3600 block of W. Martin Mill Pike near Chapman Highway. Officers arrived on scene, where a motorcycle had collided with a telephone pole. The driver, an adult man, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

It is believed that the motorcycle veered off of the road for unknown reasons and struck the telephone pole, ejecting the driver from the motorcycle. 

KPD crash reconstruction personnel responded to the scene and are leading the investigation, which remains ongoing.