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The Daily Times (Blount Co. TN) Wednesday, September 2, 2009, Page 1:
“Wisconsin Motorcyclist Dies In Accident On Dragon---A Wisconsin man became the fourth fatality of 2009 on the section of U.S. 129 known as the Dragon.
Albert Green, 66, of Waukesha, Wis., was killed in a motorcycle crash at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Green was riding with his son, John Green, 43, three friends from Wisconsin and one from Florida.
The Dragon is the 11.1-mile section of U.S. 129 (Calderwood Highway) that has 318 curves, running from the Tab Cat Creek bridge in Blount County to just over the North Carolina line at Deal's Gap.
The group got on the Dragon in North Carolina and had reached the 8.4-mile point when the accident occurred. The location was less than a mile south of the scenic overlook on the road.
Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Phillip Warren said Green came out of a left hand curve, entered a right hand turn, ran off the road and rode in the ditch before the bike overturned. The white Honda Gold Wing motorcycle and its rider wound up back in the road in the northbound lane.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was performed on Green, but was unsuccessful.
Green was declared dead at the scene by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service personnel and transported to the medical examiner's office at Blount Memorial Hospital.
"So this is the Tail of the Dragon?" asked one of the Wisconsin friends of Green. "We were trying to be careful, but this road's a beast."
Known by locals both as the Dragon and the "Tail of the Dragon," it is a world-renowned destination motorcycle ride.
"That's just a challenging ride," Trooper Warren said. "If I ever had a desire to ride a motorcycle, I don't any more after working accidents on the Dragon."
The accident occurred during overcast skies on a dry road.
This is the seventh traffic fatality in Blount for 2009 and the fourth on the Dragon.
"We will have extra troopers working on the Dragon this weekend," said Sgt. Randy Huckeby, supervisor of troopers in Blount and Monroe counties. "We will be trying to keep people safe and slow people down some. We will be enforcing the rules more since this is the Labor Day weekend."
Also responding to the crash scene Tuesday were Blount County Sheriff's Office and Fire Department and Volunteer Rescue Squad.”
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