Justice · Carter County crashCarter County bicycle crash: Driver surrenders, charges pendingWritten November 1, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Ian Walker Dellinger has surrendered after a bicycle crash killed Shannon0:10Kirkpatrick.0:11Troopers had been searching for the pickup involved.0:13Now, the twenty-two-year-old driver faces an ongoing investigation with charges0:17pending.0:18The next decision is whether to bring formal criminal charges.0:21Shannon Kirkpatrick was fifty, four and from North Carolina.0:24The collision happened on Highway19 E near Buck Mountain Road in Carter County,0:28Tennessee.0:28Kirkpatrick was riding a bicycle north along the highway.0:31The Tennessee Highway Patrol says Dellinger was also traveling north, driving a20170:36Ford F-150 .0:37Troopers' preliminary reconstruction says his pickup struck Kirkpatrick.0:41Who died in the crash?0:42Troopers say Dellinger then left the scene.0:45Dellinger is also from North Carolina.0:47His surrender followed a search that was still underway the evening after the0:50collision.0:51The fatal collision happened Friday morning, October30.0:54Authorities were still looking for the truck that evening.0:56Dellinger turned himself in on Saturday.0:58October thirty, one, the day after the crash.1:01Authorities initially sought a silver Ford F one hundred and fifty from model years1:05two thousand and fifteen through two thousand and twenty.1:07The preliminary reconstruction identifies a two thousand and seventeen Ford F one1:10hundred and fifty.1:11That model year falls within the original search range.1:14As of October thirty, one, troopers describe charges as pending.1:18They haven't announced which offenses, if any, will be filed.1:21The Tennessee Highway Patrol says its investigation is continuing.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
