Man killed in motorcycle crash on I-85

Atlanta police are investigating a crash that left a motorcyclist dead on I-85 early Saturday morning.

Officers responded to the wreck at 1:08 a.m. and found an unresponsive man lying in the northbound lanes at Cheshire Bridge Road, police said in a news release. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and his motorcycle was found several feet away, investigators said.

He was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office as 32-year-old Jerrail Mickens.

Investigators are working to determine the circumstances of the single-vehicle crash.

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