Lizella woman charged with vehicular homicide in wreck that killed Macon motorcyclist

Seven months after a wreck on Emery Highway in east Macon left a motorcyclist dead, a Lizella woman was arrested this week and charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and DUI, law enforcement officials said.

The suspect, Erika Jade Mixter, 21, was booked into the Bibb County jail Thursday on charges in connection with the March 11 death of 68-year-old Frank Blake, said officials with the U.S. Marshals Service who arrested Mixter at an office on Coliseum Drive.

Mixter was being held without bond Friday. She was later denied bond at a first-appearance hearing before a magistrate judge, who noted that Mixter was also charged with speeding and that the DUI charge she faces is drug-related.

The wreck happened near Emery Highway’s intersection with Womack Street, just west of historic Fort Hawkins.

Bibb sheriff’s officials said at the time that Blake’s motorcycle “collided with a vehicle.”

This story was originally published October 15, 2021 at 10:24 AM.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.