Missing motorcyclist rescued from ditch almost three days after crash | US News

Boyle was traveling between the Fountain City neighborhood of Knoxville and the town of Heiskell – distance of about 10 miles through a wooded area.

‘We started contacting all his friends,’ Williams said. ‘Several of us kind of had a gut feeling that he was lost somewhere in the woods.’

Several of Boyle’s friends began searching for in the woods along the route to the restaurant. They reported him missing on Tuesday, October 17.

Deputies from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office began circulating photos of Boyle and motorcycle he was last seen riding.

Just before midnight on the same evening, one of the search parties found Boyle’s motorcycle crashed in a ditch off the side of the road.

‘They were about to call it for the night. They were they wanted to go look at this one last turn,’ Williams said.

The relieved friend said Boyle was ‘coherent’ and ‘not in pain,’ despite spending almost three days alone in the woods.

According to an update on Facebook from Boyle’s sister-in-law, the biker only suffered a concussion and a dislocated elbow. He was temporarily hospitalized while recovering from a minor brain bleed.

The Sheriff’s Office confirmed Boyle was found the next day. The office has not commented on Boyle’s current condition.

‘I think we really lucked up this time,’ Williams said.

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