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Middle Georgia man dies when truck runs off road, slams into tree in Bibb County

A 50-year-old Bibb County man was killed Thursday evening when the Dodge Ram pickup truck he was driving ran off a road on the county’s west side and hit a tree, authorities said.

Bobby Hugh Mullis, of Lizella, was pronounced dead at a Macon hospital about an hour after the 7:49 p.m. wreck, officials said.

There were no other injuries reported, according to a Bibb sheriff’s statement describing the crash, which happened as Mullis was headed south about a mile below U.S. 80 in the 3200 block of Hamlin.

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.
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