Crime & Safety
Marietta Man Dies After Fla. Crash
Steven Mize, 54, was hit head-on while riding his motorcycle Sept. 30.
Marietta motorcyclist Steven Thomas Mize, 54, died Sunday in Florida from injuries he suffered in a collision Sept. 30, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.
Mize spent the final 16 days of his life at Baptist Health Careβs Gulf Breeze Hospital after being hit by a 2008 Acura TLS on Gulf Boulevard in Santa Rosa County, the Pensacola News Journal reported.
Mize was riding east on his 2003 Dyna Low Harley-Davidson about 8:40 a.m. Sept. 30 when the westbound Acura sedan, driven by 27-year-old Penny Lynn Wilcox, tried to turn left into a driveway and hit him head-on, the Northwest Florida Daily News said.
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The Highway Patrol cited unspecified medical complications in Mizeβs death, and an autopsy is pending, the Navarre Press said.
Mize was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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Wilcox, who suffered minor injuries and lives in Navarre, has been charged with a right-of-way violation, but the AJC said the Highway Patrol is still investigating.
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