Clarksville, TN – Today, Tuesday, May 4th, 2019 around 12:30pm, Clarksville Police say a 71 year old man was riding a motor scooter, traveling west on Madison Street in the left lane.
There was a pickup truck with a trailer driven by a 29 year old male traveling west on Madison Street in the right lane. The pickup truck had partially passed the motor scooter when the motor scooter rider signaled to change to the right lane and did not realize the trailer portion had not passed yet.
The motor scooter made contact with the trailer causing the rider to lose control and crash.
The 71 year old man was taken by Lifeflight to Nashville with a head injury in unknown condition.
The lead investigator is Officer Bailey.