PEACH COUNTY, Ga. — A Fort Valley man is dead after a wreck on Highway 341 North in Peach County on Friday.
Sheriff Terry Deese with the Peach County Sheriff’s Office says it happened around 7 a.m. near Hartley Road.
He says a 66-year-old man was driving a truck, heading to work at Super-Sod of Middle Georgia, when he hit the back of a forklift on the road.
Deese says the forklift was knocked over into a ditch, and the man’s truck rolled over. The man died on impact.
Peach County Coroner Kerry Rooks identified the deceased as Ernest Brown, 66.
He says the forklift was also heading to Super-Sod. Georgia State Patrol is investigating the accident.
13WMAZ has reached out to Georgia State Patrol and will update this story when we hear back from them.
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