Macon man dies in city’s fifth fatal motorcycle crash in past three weeks

A Macon man riding a motorcycle died Tuesday night in a crash on Forsyth Road near Wesleyan College, officials said.

The victim, Tyler Eason, 30, was killed in the 8:15 p.m. when the motorcycle he was on was involved in a wreck with a GMC Yukon SUV, Bibb County sheriff’s officials said in a statement.

The statement did not provide details of how the crash happened, just that it was at the intersection of Forsyth Road and Wesleyan Drive.

The three-way intersection there near a rail crossing has a stoplight and is situated along a well-traveled straightaway between Tucker and Zebulon roads at the edge of the Wesleyan College campus.

Eason was pronounced dead at a city hospital. The driver of the SUV was not hurt, officials said.

The wreck was the fifth motorcycle-involved fatality in Macon since March 11.

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.