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Fayette motorcyclist dies

A Fayetteville man died Tuesday afternoon after his motorcycle struck a sport utility vehicle at the intersection of Ga. Highway 54 and Huiet Road.

A number of witnesses told deputies that just prior to the crash, Geary Benson Lewis, 29, was traveling at an excessively high rate of speed on his 1998 Suzuki motorcycle, which burst into flames after the crash, according to Lt. Col. Wayne Hannah of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department.

Several people drug Lewis away from the motorcycle, but ultimately he died on the scene as a result of the severe impact, Hannah said.

The driver of the 2001 Ford Excursion, Lenore Melanie F. Smith, 28, of Fayetteville, was not injured, police said. Smith was turning left off Hwy. 54 onto Huiet Road.

This is the eighth fatal motor vehicle crash in unincorporated Fayette County this year.