Crime & Safety

Motorcyclist Dies After Crash in Mableton

The motorcyclist was hit by a car making a U-turn and ejected from the vehicle onto the roadway.

A Douglasville man died in a Mableton vehicle crash on Wednesday morning as he was driving his motorcycle eastbound on Veterans Memorial Highway.

According to Cobb police investigators, 40-year-old Amanda Garrett of Austell was also driving her 2001 Oldsmobile Bravada eastbound on Veterans Memorial Highway at the same time.

As Garrett approached the cross street of Powell Drive, she made a U-turn into the path of Vernon Patterson's black 1979 Harley Davidson FLH.

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The Harley collided with the left front of the Oldsmobile. As a result of the collision, Patterson was ejected onto the northern edge of the roadway.

Patterson was transported by ground to where he was pronounced dead.

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Anyone with information which may assist investigators with this case is asked to call (770) 499-3987.

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