Monday, September 16, 2024–8:14 a.m.
-Georgia State Patrol-
Georgia State Troopers responded to a fatal traffic crash involving a motorcycle and a Ford Expedition on Boone Ford Road in Gordon County on Friday.
According to the GSP:
The investigation revealed that the motorcyclist, 39-year-old Michael Burchfield of Calhoun, was traveling on Boone Ford Road behind the Ford Expedition when it attempted to pass in a no-passing zone on a hillcrest.
The driver of the Ford Expedition was turning left into a private driveway and the motorcyclist struck the Expedition.
He was thrown from the motorcycle and came to a rest in the ditch on Boone Ford Road, passing away on the scene.
There are no charges at this time.
