GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Clermont man died after his motorcycle was struck from behind while he was stopped for a school bus on Limestone Parkway in Gainesville.
The crash was one of three fatal traffic accidents reported in Hall County on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Joshua Darrin Browning, 48, died from injuries sustained in the collision, which occurred just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the northbound lanes of Limestone Parkway near Wildwood Circle.
According to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Browning had stopped his motorcycle in the left northbound lane after a county school bus traveling in the right lane extended its stop arm to unload passengers.
While Browning was waiting, investigators say a 2020 GMC Sierra driven by Norberto Macedo Lopez, 49, of Yakima, Washington, struck him.
Browning was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. Macedo Lopez was not injured.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Unit is investigating. Officials said charges are pending based on the outcome of that investigation.
Two other fatal crashes were reported in Hall County Wednesday.
In Clermont, 61-year-old Margaret Nora Thomas of Clermont was killed in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 129 at Green Circle. The crash occurred around 8:30 a.m. The other driver was not injured, and authorities said they did not anticipate charges.
In Oakwood, 87-year-old Martha Pass of Gainesville was killed after a trailer detached from a Jeep Gladiator and struck her vehicle on Mountain View Road near Old Flowery Branch Road. Investigators charged the Jeep’s driver, 36-year-old Felipe Rios of Gainesville, with second-degree homicide by vehicle and failure to properly secure the trailer.
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