Family calls for change after motorcycle crash

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A fiery bike crash has shaken a restricted knit group in Warren County immediately after 21-year-aged Bryan Jennings and 20-yr-outdated Katie Rogers died in a crash.

Now some of Jennings’ beloved a single are calling on the town to choose action to consider to stop another crash at that intersection.

McMinnville police stated all around 6 p.m. Tuesday, an SUV was on Donnell Street producing a left turn onto North Spring Avenue when it collided with the motorbike.

“The bike arrived up above the hill. The SUV driver reported she did not see the bike coming when she started out pulling out. That motorcycle crashed proper into the driver’s side, proper by the door,” McMinnville Law enforcement Lt. Mike Mara stated.

The bike and SUV both equally went up in flames.

“This is in all probability the even worse crash I’ve ever seen and served out with. It was horrific,” Mara claimed.

The driver of the SUV climbed out of the auto. Jennings and Rogers ultimately shed their lives. Rogers was driving on the again of the bike and Jennings was driving. Mara reported Jennings was going over the pace limit.

“There was so quite a few complaints in the post on Facebook soon after his accident about how many persons have already wrecked and how a lot of people nearly wrecked down that highway, but no person has spoken out,” Christy Goodwin, a pal of Jennings, stated.

Jennings’ loved 1 mentioned it’s challenging to see a automobile coming up the steep hill on North Spring Street if you are driving toward downtown. To spare a further relatives from the identical heartache, they are contacting on the city to make this intersection safer.

“It requirements a crimson gentle or some thing,” Mahaley Alamilla, Jennings’ sister, explained. “You can not see. Nobody can see turning still left proper there, and what’s coming up that hill.”

Alamilla mentioned her heart is shattered soon after losing her very little 21-year-old brother in the crash. She saw her brother the day ahead of the crash.

“He was likely to go assist his good friends get the job done on some bikes and I told him, I was like, ‘You better not be using them Bryan,’ and he was like, ‘I’m just heading to aid them resolve them, sissy,” Alamilla claimed. “He gave me a massive ole hug.”

A GoFundMe has been established up to assist the Jennings loved ones spend for his funeral. Jennings’ visitation and funeral services is Tuesday at Gardens of Memory Funeral Residence in McMinnville.

A Celebration of Lifestyle for Rogers will be held on Saturday at Faith Chapel Church in McMinnville.

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