Riverdale man was airlifted to Atlanta Medical

Center Monday afternoon after a motorcycle

accident on Ga. Highway 92.

According

to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department,

William V. Hammock, 46, was going northbound on

Hwy. 92 at approximately 2 p.m. when he

approached a line of cars behind a garbage truck

stopped in that lane near Peters Road. His

attempt to stop apparently led to the accident.

An

investigation at the scene, along with testimony

from witnesses, suggests that Hammock applied his

brakes and may have attempted to lay the bike

down on its left side to avoid hitting a car,

when the tires gripped the road and caused the

bike to flip back to the right. Both Hammock and

his bike flipped several times before coming to

rest in the southbound lane.

Hammock

was flown to Atlanta Medical Center by Phoenix

Aircare, and his condition was not known at press

time.

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