WHITE, Ga. — A mayor of a northwest Georgia city died in a motocross wreck on Saturday.
Perry Bell, mayor of the Bartow County city of White, died from blunt power trauma to the chest, The Every day Tribune Information of Cartersville reported.
Murray County Deputy Coroner Jonathan Sosebee stated Bell, 54, wrecked and was struck by one other rider on the Lazy River Motocross observe close to Dalton.
“It was an unavoidable accident,” Sosebee stated. “From what I perceive, he was on a soar after which he crashed on prime of a soar. There was one other rider proper behind him and he was unable to do something … he wasn’t capable of see him to keep away from it.”
Sosebee stated Bell was too severely injured to be evacuated by helicopter and died at a hospital in Chatsworth.
Officers are investigating, Sosebee stated, however no felony prices have been filed.
Sosebee stated the opposite rider sustained minor accidents however was launched from a hospital hours later.
White received a plurality in a particular election earlier this yr to change into mayor. He took workplace in June. White sought to revive the mayor’s powers after many had been transferred to a metropolis supervisor and the earlier mayor resigned.
Following Bell’s dying, White Mayor Professional Tem Gary Crisp will take over mayoral duties. Crisp instructed ABC affiliate WSB of Atlanta that it’s possible the town will maintain one other particular election to interchange Bell.
