Blue Ridge Parkway Dispatch operators received a call of a single motor vehicle accident near milepost 77 in Bedford County on Saturday at 2:15 p.m.
NPS law enforcement rangers, along with Bedford County EMS, arrived on scene to find the single motorcycle operator, Ui Kyung Kim, 42 years old, of Fairfax, deceased as a result of his injuries.
A witness reported Kim’s motorcycle was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed, failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the center line, and left the roadway on the northbound side.
No additional details are available at this time.