Fatal motorcycle crash in Bartow County

Fatal motorcycle crash in Bartow County

June 24, 2022–10:51 a.m.

GEORGIA STATE PATROL

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Bartow County early Wednesday morning.

According to the Georgia State Patrol, the wreck occurred Wednesday at 3:48 a.m. on Highway 61 at Mahan Road in White.

The preliminary investigation determined that a Freightliner truck hauling a car dolly was traveling north on Highway 61, attempting to turn left into a private drive.

 A Harley Davidson motorcycle was traveling north on the highway one vehicle behind the Freightliner truck. 

The driver of the motorcycle, 48-year-old Tonya Sue Lofasso of Acworth, was following too closely to the vehicle in front of her and swerved left in an attempt to avoid striking the rear of the vehicle. 

The motorcycle traveled into the southbound lane of travel and struck the left front side of the Freightliner.

Lofasso died from her injuries.