Macon teen visiting friend struck by truck, killed early Sunday on city’s west side
An 18-year-old Macon man was killed early Sunday after the parked truck he was in was struck by another truck, Bibb County authorities said.
The victim, Tyler Hart, had pulled up at a friend’s house in the 4000 block of Knight Road, which parallels Interstate 475 north of Thomaston Road, about 12:30 a.m., Coroner Leon Jones said.
As Hart was inside a parked Ford F-150 pickup, another truck, a Chevrolet Silverado that was going by, struck the Ford, sheriff’s officials said.
The northbound Chevy was said to have rounded a “slight curve” and veered into the opposite side of the road, hitting the parked Ford. Two other people in the parked truck with Hart were treated for non-life-threatening injuries as was the driver of the Chevy.
The Chevy’s driver, Jason Ellis Partin, 48, of Gray, was later jailed on a first-degree vehicular homicide charge, sheriff’s officials said.
Clarification: An earlier version of this article said Hart had been standing outside the Ford when it was struck. Sheriff’s officials have since learned that Hart was inside the Ford and knocked out of it on impact.
This story was originally published April 4, 2021 at 10:03 AM.