Motorcyclist Killed In Woodstock Crash

WOODSTOCK, GA — A 55-year-old Bartow County man died Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle in Woodstock.

Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the collision around 10:58 a.m. May 27 on Bells Ferry Road at Eagle Drive.

A Honda Civic driven by 19-year-old Joanna Wagner was trying to make left turn onto Eagle Drive from the southbound side of Bells Ferry Road while the Harley Davidson motorcycle, operated by Daniel Zimmerman of Cartersville, was traveling northbound on Bells Ferry Road.

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Preliminary information gathered at the scene indicates the Honda "turned left into the path of the motorcycle," which caused the accident, sheriff's office spokesperson Sgt. Marianne Kelley said. Zimmerman was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Cherokee Sheriff's Office Traffic Enforcement Unit continues to investigate the collision.

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