Motorcycle crashes into pickup truck, killing rider in east Macon, cops say

A 32-year-old east Macon man was killed Sunday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into the side of a pickup truck on Jeffersonville Road in eastern Bibb County, sheriff’s officials said.

The victim, Ezekile Armo Akim Hoskins, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to a sheriff’s statement.

The wreck happened at about 5:15 p.m. northwest of Dry Branch along U.S. Highway 80.

A Twiggs County man driving a Chevrolet Silverado was heading northwesterly on the highway and making a left turn onto Franklinton Road when Hoskins’ motorcycle, “traveling at a high rate of speed” from the opposite direction, slammed into the rear passenger-side of the truck.

The driver of the truck, a 71-year-old man, was not hurt. As of Sunday evening, no charges had been filed in the incident.

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.