FATALITY INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE AND TRUCK SHUTS DOWN TRAFFIC IN CONOVER

CONOVER – A fatal collision involving a motorcycle and pickup truck shut down traffic for nearly two hours on Rifle Range Rd. while the NC State Highway Patrol investigated the accident. 

Twenty-one-year-old Gregory Allen Propst was fatally injured when a pickup truck collided with the Harley Davidson motorcycle he was reportedly riding. 

The reported driver of the truck, fifty-eight-year-old Eddie Huffman allegedly failed to yield to the right of way while attempting to turn left onto Rifle Range Road from a private driveway yesterday (Sept 22) at 6:15 p.m.  The driver of the truck was no injured and has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle, according to the press release from the NC State Highway patrol.

 

To read the full press release click on the following link SHP-Press-Release-9-22-2022