A Douglasville man died Wednesday morning after a motorcycle he was riding collided with an sport-utility vehicle in Mableton, Cobb County police said.
Vernon Patterson was riding his black 1979 Harley Davidson FLH eastbound in the left lane of Veterans Memorial Highway at 7:25 a.m. when a white 2001 Oldsmobile Bravada, heading east in the right lane, made a U-turn into the path of Patterson’s bike at Powell Drive, police said.
The motorcycle collided with the left front of the Oldsmobile, and the 57-year-old Patterson was thrown from the bike. He was taken to WellStar Cobb Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police identified the Oldsmobile’s driver as Amanda Garrett, 40, of Austell.
Cobb police are investigating. No charges had been reported as of Wednesday afternoon.
Anyone with information on the wreck was asked to call police at 770-499-3987.
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