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Two hurt in another crash on 'The Dragon' after car and motorcycle collided

This was the second crash reported on stretch of Highway 129 in two days.

Two people had to be taken to the hospital after a car collided with a motorcycle on a stretch of Highway 129 popularly known as 'The Dragon.'

This is the second crash to happen along that stretch of highway in the past two days.

On Tuesday, Blount County deputies said a car hit a motorcycle, injuring the motorcyclist and his passenger.

The two were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

No one in the car was hurt, but deputies cited that driver.

►READ MORE: THP identifies motorcyclist seriously injured after falling down an embankment on 'The Dragon'

On Monday, another serious crash happened along the stretch of highway near the North Carolina state line around mile marker 9.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol said that motorcyclist crashed when he failed to negotiate a curve and was thrown of the bike 30 to 40 feet down an embankment. He also was flown to UT Medical Center. 

According to the Blount County Sheriff's Office, they make extra patrols on the Dragon every day from April through September. They said they receive a grant specifically from the state and federal government to fund the summer operations due to a larger number of incidents happening during this time of year.

 

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