A woman from Illinois turned herself in for last week’s Gainesville, Georgia, accident that killed a motorcyclist. Christine Kicklighter, 66, on Thursday, March 19th, walked into the Hall County Jail, where she got detained.
Kicklighter became a person of interest after she failed to yield in a fatal crash last week. She is facing a second-degree vehicular homicide charge, which is a misdemeanor in Georgia.
The accident that the woman caused occurred on March 11th at about 8 p.m. on Ga. 60/Chandler Road, precisely at the intersection with the on-ramp for Interstate 985 northbound. Georgia State Patrol said that Kicklighter failed to yield after turning left on the roadway.
The woman then drove straight into the path of a Harley Davidson Streetglide motorcyclist identified as Jeffery Ryscamp, 57, of Hoschton. The man sustained life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital by first responders.
Ryscamp succumbed to his wounds at the hospital and was pronounced dead. GSP later obtained a warrant for Kicklighter for failure to yield.
The woman is currently out on bail, and her attorney, Phillip Pilgrim Jr., said that she is saddened for the family and the loss they suffered. Failure to yield is a traffic offense in Georgia, with the penalty being a fine if there’s no accident.
Under Georgia traffic laws, where there is no stop sign or signal, then a driver must give the right of way to the first person to arrive at an intersection. When approaching a yield sign, slow down and give way to oncoming traffic.
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