Teen dead after being hit by car while riding home on a bike, coroner says

A Jones County teenager was killed Thursday night after he was hit by a car while riding his bike home.

Vincent Albryght was headed north on Eatonton Highway about 8:30 p.m. when he was hit by a small sports utility vehicle, Jones County Deputy Coroner Matthew Jarratt said.

“It was a dark section of road, and it was virtually impossible for (the driver) to see (Albryght) before he was on top of him,” Jarratt said, adding there were no reflectors on Albryght’s mountain bike.

Albryght was pronounced dead at the scene, just a few miles away from his home on North Cross Road.

This story was originally published September 7, 2018 at 1:20 PM.