Wreck on Ga. 15 at Hollywood Hills Road claims Motorcyclist

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a fatal two-vehicle wreck that occurred about 10:25am on Monday, March 18, on Ga. 15 (Expressway 441) at Hollywood Hills Road. Habersham County E-911 received the call reporting the wreck on Ga. 15 southbound just before 10:30am. Habersham County Emergency Services Engine 9, Med 9, Engine 14, Captain 1, Battalion 1, and PIO responded, along with multiple units from the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office. According to the preliminary report from Georgia State Patrol Post 7 Toccoa, 70-year-old Donald Miller Lewis of Mooresville, North Carolina, was operating a BMW 1250 GS motorcycle, traveling east on Hollywood Hills Road and was approaching US Hwy. 441 and attempted to cross both lanes of US Hwy. 441 without yielding right-of-way to highway traffic. 23-year-old Wyatt Andrew Turner of Mount Airy was driving south on US Highway 441 in a 2006 Jeep Wrangler, and the front of the Jeep struck the BMW Motorcycle on the right side as Lewis attempted to cross the highway. Lewis was rushed to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, where he succumbed to his injuries.