Phillip Rath, 69, of Schoolcraft, Michigan, was traveling north on the road when his motorcycle crossed the center line and struck a Honda Odyssey that was traveling south near the Chimney Tops Trailhead. 

Smokies park rangers and Gatlinburg Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene, but Rath was unresponsive and pronounced dead as a result of his injuries at 6:13 p.m. No one else was injured as a result of the accident.