Man struck, killed by truck on Eisenhower Parkway is Bibb’s 12th pedestrian death of year

A 60-year-old Macon man died late Monday when he was struck by a westbound pickup truck on Eisenhower Parkway.

The 11:15 p.m. incident happened along the well-traveled thoroughfare just east of Interstate 475 near the Harrison Road intersection.

Bibb County sheriff’s officials said in a statement that the man who died was a “pedestrian ... in the roadway.”

Further details were not divulged.

Early Tuesday, Coroner Leon Jones identified the victim as Willie Lee Granville, who Jones described as a homeless man.

Granville’s death was the county’s 12th pedestrian fatality of the year, Jones said. There were 17 such deaths here in 2021.

This story was originally published December 20, 2022 at 10:15 AM.

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.