Powder Springs Motorcyclist Killed In Marietta Crash: Police

MARIETTA, GA -- A Powder Springs man riding a Suzuki motorcycle was struck and killed Monday afternoon in a collision with the driver of a Subaru Forester, Cobb County police said. The crash happened just after noontime on Dallas Highway at the intersections of Castel Road and Old Hamilton Road in Marietta.

The motorcycle was traveling northbound on Casteel Road while the Suburu was heading westbound on Dallas Highway, Cobb police said. As the motorcycle, which had the light, crossed the westbound on Dallas Highway, it was hit by the westbound Suburu. (To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the Northeast Cobb Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

The rider of the blue 2012 Suzuki GSX-R has been identified as 52-year-old Jeffrey Hinkle, according to Cobb police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce. The driver of the red 2002 Subaru Forester is Alfred Onken, 72, of Marietta.

Hinkle was rushed to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Onken suffered minor cuts but was not taken to the hospital.

Charges may be forthcoming in the crash, which is being investigated by Cobb's S.T.E.P. (Selective Traffic Enforcement Program) police unit, Pierce said.

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