Tennessee motorcyclist Taylor Boyle.Photo:Knox County Sheriff’s Office
Knox County Sheriff’s Office
A Tennessee motorcyclist who went missing has been found alive nearly three days later, according to authorities.
Taylor Boyle was last seen around 10 a.m. on Sunday, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said in arelease posted to Facebook. After his family reported him missing, he was eventually found in a ditch. “Subject has been Located! Thank you for your assistance,” the police confirmed.
According to the police, Boyle was last seen “wearing blue jeans and a black [and] white flannel shirt.” The authorities also shared a picture of Boyle and “the motorcycle he was riding” at the time.
PEOPLE reached out to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office for comment but did not immediately receive a response back.
Tennessee motorcyclist Taylor Boyle.Knox County Sheriff’s Office
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Cameron Williams, who helped search for Boyle, told NBC affiliate10Newsin Knoxville that “he had left a buddy of ours in the Fountain City area [and] he was headed from Fountain City to Heiskell, which is north of the Powell area.” As a result, “we kind of had a good idea of where he came from and where he was going to,” he said.
Another friend of Boyle’s gave an expanded update onFacebookto their mutual friends:
“By Tuesday night we all started to expect the worst,” the update continued. “We knew that if he was wrecked somewhere stranded that there was no way he’d make it to the morning if even made it at all. We started to think the worst and that he was gone.”
“But then we get the best call we had ever got Taylor had been found and was indeed alive! He was sent into the woods down an embankment and laid there for almost 3 days in the cold with no food or water,” Dugger shared, adding: “The fact he survived the crash is a miracle in itself! All that matters though is our friend is safe and alive! GOD IS GOOD!”
source: people.com
