Motorcyclist thrown from bike in Hall County crash; driver charged

A Flowery Branch man is facing charges after a three-vehicle crash in Hall County left a motorcyclist with serious injuries.

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According to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Biff Allen Mossman, 62, was arrested in connection with the crash, which happened around 10:45 a.m. on Monday at the intersection of Friendship Road (State Route 347) and Hog Mountain Road.

Deputies said Mossman was driving east on Friendship Road and tried to turn left onto Hog Mountain Road.

As he made the turn, Mossman abruptly stopped in the middle of the road to avoid a collision with a bobtail semi-truck, placing his Ford F-350 directly in the path of a westbound Honda CBR 500, according to authorities.

The motorcycle hit Mossman’s truck, throwing the driver, a 33-year-old man of Flowery Branch, from the bike.

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The motorcycle then crashed into a third vehicle, a Chevrolet Silverado that was stopped in the eastbound lanes of Friendship Road.

The motorcyclist suffered serious injuries, including a spinal fracture, authorities said.

Mossman and the Silverado’s driver, a 38-year-old from Kennesaw, were not injured.

Investigators charged Mossman with serious injury by vehicle, a felony, along with reckless driving, failure to yield while turning left, obstructing a highway and failure to obey a traffic control device.

He was booked into the Hall County Jail on Tuesday without bond.

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