A TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER INVOLVED IN A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT THAT ENDED IN A DEADLY CRASH WILL NOT FACE ANY CHARGES. TROOPER KYLE CANTWELL CLOCKED 18 YEAR OLD JUSTIN THOMPSON TRAVELING AT 140 MILES PER HOUR ON HIS MOTORCYCLE ON INTERSTATE 81 ON AUGUST 19TH. CANTWELL ATTEMPTED TO STOP THOMPSON BUT DEACTIVATED HIS BLUE LIGHTS BUT CONTINUED TO FOLLOW HIM AT A SAFE DISTANCE. THOMPSON APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE IN A CURVE AND STRUCK A GUARDRAIL ON WADLOW GAP ROAD. SULLIVAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL GREELEY WELLS REVIEWED THE INVESTIGATION MATERIAL FROM THE TBI AND CLEARED CANTWELL OF ANY WRONGDOING. THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY IS CONTINUING IT’S INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT, HOWEVER, TROOPER CANTWELL HAS RETURNED TO ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.