CAIRO, Ga. — A Monday morning collision along Highway 84 in Cairo resulted in the death of a motorcyclist, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

Michael Paul Burns, 36, was traveling westbound along Highway 84 on a motorcycle when he crashed into the side of a gold SUV.

Trooper Jamill Curry, who responded to the accident, said Cairo resident Ida Mae Parries failed to properly yield to oncoming traffic when she attempted to make a left turn from Highway 84 onto 20th Street SE.

“He had a green light and she had a green light, but she was in that turning lane and has to yield to traffic,” Curry said. “She failed to yield, she turned right in front of him and then that’s when he hit the side of her SUV.”

Parries, 67, was traveling eastbound on Highway 84 on the way to drop her granddaughter off at nearby Eastside Elementary when the incident occurred at approximately 7:45 a.m.

Burns was transported to the hospital and was pronounced deceased en route at 8:06 a.m.

The Cairo Police Department, which had been handling the accident, then contacted GSP, who dispatched Curry to the scene at 8:07 a.m. The trooper arrived at the site of the collision at 8:21 a.m.

Curry said Parries stopped her vehicle when she realized she had been hit, then removed herself from the flow of traffic by pulling into a nearby parking lot.

The trooper said there are potential charges pending in the investigation. A specialized collision reconstruction team (SCRT) will assist in determining any possible charges.

“They’ll be the ones to make charges if they see charges are fit for this accident,” Curry said of the SCRT unit.

The SCRT unit will determine the cause of the crash and any potential factors that may have played a role in the incident.

Curry said it does not currently appear that Burns was at fault in the collision.

The trooper said he was unsure if Burns was hearing a helmet when the collision occurred.

A single eastbound lane of Highway 84 was blocked for approximately two hours as law enforcement responded to the incident.

Curry said Burns, a Coolidge resident, was likely headed into Cairo to have his vehicle worked on at a motorcycle shop.