State troopers have charged a motorcyclist in connection with a Monday afternoon wreck that injured his passenger. The accident occurred around 1:19 p.m. on January 16 on GA 365 at LC Turner Road south of Duncan Bridge Road.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Andres Eduardo Bastidas, 44, of Lilburn, was driving a Honda NC700 X in the left northbound lane of GA 365. Jason Thomas Patton, 37, of Pendergrass, was driving a Ford Super Duty pickup truck in the righthand lane.
Troopers say Bastidas attempted to change lanes and struck the pickup.
The wreck injured the bike passenger, Claudia Yanira Anthony, 34, of Lilburn. She was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with non-life-threatening injuries.
Troopers from Georgia State Patrol Post 7 in Toccoa investigated the crash and charged Bastidas with making an improper lane change.
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This article has been updated to reflect that the wreck occurred south of Duncan Bridge Road.
