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Dacula man killed in motorcycle wreck

By Breaking News Staff
June 6, 2015

A Dacula man was killed when his motorcycle ran into a pickup truck trying to turn left into a Buford business near 2283 Buford Dam Road around 10:55 a.m. Saturday.

Motorcyclist Thomas Gerald Aldridge, 68, was third in a line of vehicles when police say he clipped the left rear of a car in front of him as he tried to pass it and then collided with the left side of pickup truck trying to turn left.

Gwinnett police say there were no injuries to others.

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