A MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN SULLIVAN COUNTY HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A PINEY FLATS MAN. ACCORDING TO THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 28 YEAR OLD PATRICK WHITAKER WAS TRAVELING ON PICKENS ROAD EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE, RAN OFF A CURVE AND WAS THROWN FROM HIS BIKE. HE WAS TAKEN TO JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.