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‘He’s not coming back;’ Father grieves son who died after crash near Rod Run car festival

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WATE) — What was supposed to be a family vacation turned into a tragedy Friday when a man attending the Rod Run car festival died.

“We come here every year for the Rod Run. We come three times out of the year, we’re here a week each time we’re here. This was my son’s first time actually attending it with me,” said his father, Jeremy Hanes.

Jeremy Hanes and his 31-year-old son Kyle Hanes bonded over their love for cars.

“He loved cars, we own a car lot in Indiana, and he was my ace, my number one, he was like me made over,” said Jeremy Hanes.

According to Jeremy Hanes, he and his son were riding scooters Thursday night when they were asked by law enforcement to move from the sidewalk onto the road. Later they got separated.

“It was brought to my attention five minutes after my son left me that night that this happened – that he was in an accident – and I discovered it on my own, I went down the street and I seen the scooter there and I seen his hat laying on the ground,” said Jeremy Hanes.

On Saturday, the Pigeon Forge Police Department released that a man driving a scooter crashed into a car door someone opened at a red light as he was driving between the road and the sidewalk. He died in the hospital the next day.

“He couldn’t wait to come to this Rod Run with me and he was very very happy,” said Jeremy Hanes. “And now it’s over.”

Now, Jeremy Hanes wants answers.

“No one can give me an answer, why has no one reached out to me to let me know anything, why has nobody said anything to me?” He asked. “My son is gone; he’s not coming back.”

And he’s looking for justice for his son.

“Somebody is at fault here, and somebody is going to pay for this.”

Hanes said one thing that brings him peace is knowing his son was nearly a year sober when he died.