Crime & Safety

Dallas Man Dies En Route to Motorcycle Rally

Columbus, Ga., Police charged a woman allegedly responsible for causing the accident.

Police have charged a woman with vehicular homicide in the fatal accident that killed a Dallas motorcyclist Friday in Columbus, Ga.

WTVM-TV reported Peggy Hunt, 64, from Salem, Ala., was charged in the accident, that happened around 9 a.m. Friday on Victory Drive in Columbus.

Kenneth Tarczewski, of Dallas, Ga., died after he and his motorcycle were struck and dragged by a white minivan. Police said Hunt’s running of a red light caused the accident, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported.

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Tarczewski, his wife, and two friends were headed to a motorcycle rally, the newspaper reported.

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