A 48-year-old Acworth man died Friday evening in a motorcycle crash.

At about 7 p.m. Friday, Preston Perry was driving a black 2008 Suzuki motorcycle and attempting to turn left from southbound Wade Green Road to the ramp to southbound I-75 in Kennesaw when the automatic traffic signal began to cycle to yellow, according to the Cobb County Police Department, the driver of a white Toyota Tundra truck was traveling north on Wade Green Road.

At some point, the front of the truck collided with the motorcycle in the intersection. Perry was transported to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the truck was not injured. The investigation is ongoing, but no charges are expected to be filed.

Anyone with information about it is asked to call (770) 499-4987.

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