PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) — What was supposed to be a family vacation turned into a tragedy in Pigeon Forge Friday when a man attending the Rod Run car festival died.
“We come here every year for the Rod Run. We come three times out of the year, we’re here a week each time we’re here. This was my son’s first time actually attending it with me,” said his father, Jeremy Hanes.
Jeremy and his 31-year-old son, Kyle Hanes, bonded over their love for cars.
“He loved cars, we own a car lot in Indiana, and he was my ace, my number one, he was like me made over,” said Jeremy.
According to Jeremy, he and his son were riding scooters on Thursday, April 18 when they were asked by law enforcement to move from the sidewalk onto the road. Later they got separated.
It was brought to my attention five minutes after my son left me that night that this happened — that he was in an accident — and I discovered it on my own, I went down the street and I seen the scooter there and I seen his hat laying on the ground,” said Jeremy.
On Saturday, April 20, the Pigeon Forge Police Department announced that a man driving a scooter crashed into a car door someone opened at a red light as he was driving between the road and the sidewalk. He died in the hospital the day after the crash.
“He couldn’t wait to come to this Rod Run with me and he was very very happy,” said Jeremy. “And now it’s over.”
Leave a Reply