Deadly motorcycle crash in Flowery Branch

Deputies say biker failed to negotiate curve, striking a culvert and tree

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A Flowery Branch man was killed in a motorcycle crash Thursday evening on Ponderosa Farm Road, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office says.

Daniel Mark Brumbalow, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was found in the wood line off the east side of the road, the sheriff’s office says in a news release. HCSO’s Accident Investigation Unit responded to the scene just after 8 p.m. and located the victim in the woods.

The crash happened just after 8 p.m. in the 5200 block of Ponderosa Farm Road.

According to investigators, Brumbalow was traveling north when he failed to properly negotiate a curve. The motorcycle skidded off the road, struck a culvert, and then vaulted into the wood line where it struck a tree.

Ponderosa Farm Road was closed for approximately two hours Thursday night as investigators worked the scene.