HALL CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE (HCSO) NEWS RELEASE:
Deputies with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Accident Investigation Unit (AIU) are
investigating a traffic accident that claimed the life of a cyclist Wednesday night…on
Clarks Bridge Road. Deputies responded to the accident that happened at Evergreen Trail at approximately 7:45 p.m.
According to the initial investigation, the bicycle rider, Charles Thomas Donley, 34, of Gainesville,
was northbound on Clarks Bridge Road and was hit from the rear by an approaching northbound
vehicle. Hall County Fire Rescue transported the cyclist to Northeast Georgia Medical Center where
he was pronounced dead. The vehicle driver, Jeremy Mark Austin, 41, of Cleveland…remained on the scene and cooperated with the investigation.
Early details indicate Donley had been weaving in the roadway and was riding in dark clothing with
no apparent lights on the bicycle.”