Crime & Safety
Cherokee Resident Killed In Early Morning Accident
The man, identified as 19-year-old Brandon Paul Mitcheltree, was fatally hit Thursday morning while walking along East Cherokee Drive.
A pedestrian was hit and killed Thursday morning along one of Cherokee County's busiest thoroughfares.
Brandon Paul Mitcheltree, 19, of Canton, was fatally struck this morning shortly before 7 a.m. while walking along East Cherokee Drive near Berry Patch Road, Georgia State Patrol Spokesperson Gordy Wright said.
State troopers responded to the scene of the accident at 6:51 a.m., which occurred near the Hickory Flat community.
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Mitcheltree was walking southbound with traffic in the travel lane when a PT Cruiser, driven by Joseph Michael Homesley, 21 of Canton, rounded a curve and hit Mitchelpree, Wright added. Mitcheltree died at the scene.
Homesley did not see Mitcheltree in the roadway.
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Wright said no charges will be filed in the accident, which alcohol and weather were determined not to have been a factor.
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