Forsyth Co. man charged with DUI in accident that killed White Co. motorcyclist

FORSYTH CO. SHERIFF’S NEWS RELEASE:

“On September 7, 2023, at approximately 8:45pm, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and Fire Department responded to Waldrip Road and SR 369 for a collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle.

The initial investigation revealed a Hyundai Sonata, operated by 35-year-old Colt Spencer of Gainesville (Forsyth County), had been traveling south on Waldrip Road and was waiting to turn left on to SR 369. A Suzuki GSX-R600, operated by 53-year-old Timothy Cantrell of Cleveland, was traveling west on SR 369 approaching Waldrip Road. Mr. Spencer proceeded to turn left failing to yield for the motorcycle, striking it. Mr. Cantrell was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased shortly after arrival. Mr. Spencer was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Deputies determined Mr. Spencer was impaired by multiple substances at the time of the crash. After being medically cleared by hospital staff, he was placed under arrest and charged with Homicide by Vehicle 1^st Degree, DUI and Failure to Yield Turning Left and was transported to the Forsyth County Jail.”

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Ken Stanford is Online News Editor for GLORY 97.5, a position he has held since August 2022.

Ken was born in Moultrie, Georgia, and says he knew from the time he was 5 or 6 he wanted to be a “radio announcer.” That dream was realized when he was hired by Moultrie radio station WMTM in 1960 at the age of 15 as a weekend disc jockey. A 1963 graduate of Moultrie (now Colquitt County) High School, he has spent his whole career in Georgia working for stations in Atlanta, Marietta, and Gainesville – most recently as News Director for 40 years at WDUN in Gainesville. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Ken retired in 2011 but came out of retirement last year to help GLORY, on a part-time basis, beef-up its online news presence.

He is the recipient of many Associated Press awards and is a former judge of state and national Associated Press broadcast news contests. In 2005, he was presented with the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s President’s Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2019 was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

He lives in Gainesville with his wife of 52 years, the former Sandra McKnight of Clio, Alabama, and they have one child, a daughter, Lisa, who lives in Cumming with her family.