Middle Georgia man, 50, killed in wreck in southern Bibb County

A 50-year-old Macon man was killed Thursday night when his car was struck by a pickup truck at an intersection on U.S. 41 in southern Bibb County, sheriff’s officials said in a statement.

The man who died, R.L. Brown Jr., was said to have been heading west on Liberty Church Road in a Lincoln MKX when the car was struck by a Ford Ranger going north on U.S. 41.

The 7:20 p.m. crash happened about a quarter-mile west of Ga. 247 and Smiley’s Flea Market at an intersection with a four-way stop.

The driver of the Ranger, a 66-year-old Macon man who’d been headed north on U.S. 41 or Industrial Highway, was in “stable condition” at a Macon hospital, the statement said.

Brown died at the scene of the crash, which was under investigation late Thursday, the statement added.

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.