Man dies in motorcycle wreck on Rocky Creek Road in southwest Macon, Bibb coroner says

A 40-year-old Macon man was killed Monday when a motorcycle he was riding was involved in wreck with a car, Bibb County officials said.

The 5 p.m. crash happened near the intersection of Rocky Creek Road and Lions Place, which leads into Bloomfield Park about a mile west of Pio Nono Avenue in southwest Macon.

The man who died, Jason Alford Bennett, was riding a Kawasaki Ninja west on Rocky Creek, when he struck the side of a Honda Accord that was pulling out of Lions Place to head east on Rocky Creek, sheriff’s officials said in a statement.

The driver of the Honda, a 24-year-old woman, was treated for injuries at an area hospital.

This story was originally published November 22, 2021 at 5:32 PM.

Joe Kovac Jr.

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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.