Motorcyclist listed in serious condition
Published 1:00 pm Thursday, August 9, 2018
- Rescue workers evaluate a man injured in a Tuesday afternoon accident at the intersection of South Main Street and Fifth Avenue. The motorcyclist, later identified as William Earl Harrell of Coolidge, was injured when he struck a Chrysler PT Cruiser.
MOULTRIE, Ga. — A Coolidge man injured when a driver turned in front of his motorcycle Tuesday afternoon was in serious condition on Wednesday at a Thomasville hospital.
William Earl Harrell, 40, was rushed from the accident scene at Fifth Avenue Southeast and South Main street to Archbold Memorial Hospital.
The collision occurred at about 2:50 p.m., according to the Moultrie Police Department.
Harrell was driving south on South Main Street at the time when his motorcycle struck the side of a Chrysler PT Cruiser.
Erica Nimmons, 32, of Moultrie was driving north on South Main Street.
Nimmons, who was turning left onto Fifth Avenue, told police that she thought the driver of the Harley Davidson motorcycle also was turning left.
As she was making the left turn the motorcycle struck the passenger side of the Chrysler.
Nimmons was cited for failure to yield while turning left, police said. She was not injured.
Harrell remained at Archbold Memorial Hospital, where a hospital spokeswoman said his condition was serious.
