Crime & Safety
July 4 Crash Kills Motorcyclist In Cobb
Police have identified the man killed in a single-vehicle Fourth of July crash in Cobb County.
MARIETTA, GA — A Kennesaw man is dead after his motorcycle hit a tree on Independence Day at the Church Road-Saddlebrook Creek Drive intersection, Cobb County Police said Saturday.
The deadly crash happened around 2:15 p.m. Saturday. Police say Adrian Villalobos, 23, was driving a 2026 Yamaha motorcycle east on Church as he approached Saddlebrook Creek.
During some time, he lost control of the motorcycle for unknown reasons, and the vehicle left the south side of the roadway, police said.
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He then hit a tree and uncontrollably came to a rest, police said.
The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced Villalobos dead at the scene, police said.
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The crash remains under investigation.
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