he Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a motorcyclist is killed in an accident in Union County.

THP says an SUV was stopped in the northbound lane of Maynardville Highway waiting to turn left onto Old Highway 33 Saturday afternoon when the motorcycle, driven by 64-year-old Steven Miracle, tried to swerve to the left side of the SUV while it was stopped but ran into the left rear of the car.

The motorcycle then slid on its side and hit the guardrail on the right side of the road before coming to rest on the southbound side of Maynardville Highway.

Miracle died in the crash, neither the driver nor a passenger in the SUV were injured.