Motorcycle Hits Train in Augusta, Rider Identified
A motorcycle hit a train in Augusta early this morning, leaving the rider dead.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office was called to the site of the accident in the 600 block of Reynolds Street around 1 am.
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen said 30-year-old Jonathon Williams of Aiken was on the motorcycle traveling east on Reynolds Street when he crashed into the southbound train.
Williams was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:15 am.
No autopsy has been scheduled.
Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.
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