MACON, GA. (THECOUNT) — Eric Ashley has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash in Macon, Georgia, Wednesday afternoon.

Ashley, 53, was killed in a motorcycle collision involving a vehicle Wednesday afternoon, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

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The crash occurred on Emery Highway and Lakeside Road just before 2 p.m. after Ashley collided with a Nissan Murano that was attempting to perform a left hand turn near Boggy Branch.

Ashley was thrown from the bike during the collision.

“It was reported that a motorcycle was traveling west on Emery Highway,” deputies say. “A 2004 Nissan Murano was making a left turn from Emery Highway onto Lakeside Road. Both vehicles collided at the intersection,” reports WGXA.

Ashley was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

No one else was injured in the wreck.

It is unknown if anyone was cited at the scene.

Geo quick facts: Macon is a city in central Georgia. Ocmulgee National Monument has large Native American earthen mounds from around 1000 A.D., and its museum displays artifacts spanning thousands of years. The Tubman Museum exhibits on African-American art, history and culture include a huge mural and the Inventors Gallery. The Allman Brothers Band Museum at the Big House shows memorabilia in the rock band’s former home – wikipedia.