Man hit by car dies weeks after crash, Bibb County coroner says

A man who was struck by a car in north Macon last month died Friday after spending nearly three weeks in a local hospital.

Christopher Lipman’s death marked the 15th pedestrian killed on roads in Bibb County in 2023.

The 44-year-old was running across the five-lane Arkwright Road on the night of Dec. 17 when he was struck by a Honda Civic near Sheraton Drive, just east of Interstate 75, according to a report from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

A Hancock County man at the wheel of the car said he tried to avoid hitting Lipman but was unable to, the report said. A witness told the officer there was “no way” the driver could have avoided the crash.

Lipman, no address given, was unconscious and had been loaded into an ambulance when a sheriff’s lieutenant arrived at the scene nearly an hour after the crash, the report said. Lipman was listed in the report as being at fault.

To contact Civic Journalism Fellow Laura Corley, call 478-301-5777 or email Corley_le@mercer.edu.

This story was originally published January 8, 2024 at 3:01 PM.