UPDATE #2: Man arrested in fatal pickup-motorcycle crash freed on bond

UPDATE #2. POSTED 12:45 WEDNESDAY:

A spokeswoman for the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday Collins posted bond shortly after 6:00 Tuesday night.

UPDATE #1. POSTED 7:00 P.M. TUESDAY:

The driver of a pickup that collided with a motorcycle Friday morning on Dawsonville Highway was booked into the Hall County Jail Tuesday on a charge of Homicide by Vehicle in the Second Degree.

Mack Collins, 78, Gainesville was driving the truck that struck a motorcycle operated by James Asay, 51, Gainesville, who was fatally injured in the rush hour crash.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Collins was still in jail. Bond has been set at $5,900.

EARLIER STORY. POSTED SEPT. 5: GPD: Victim of fatal pickup-motorcycle accident ID’d