A traffic accident in Bartow County last week killed 27-year-old Arthur Brandon Rutledge of Rome.
The Georgia State Patrol states that Rutledge was driving a 2023 Indian Scout motorcycle east on Highway 411 on September 10th when an unidentified vehicle traveling north on Burnt Hickory Road ran a stop sign.
A vehicle in front of Rutledge swerved to avoid the car, causing a chain reaction.
Rutledge struck the back of a Jeep Wrangler and fell off his motorcycle before a Nissan Titan struck him.
Authorities are still trying to locate the driver that caused the fatal accident.
Brandon graduated from Woodland High School in 2015 before attending Georgia Highlands for two years. In 2018, he joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve. After completing boot camp in Parris Island and Marine Combat Training at Camp Lejeune, Brandon returned home to attend Kennesaw State University, obtaining a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. He worked as an engineer at Fizz Dispense Optimization Group, followed by a career as a tire design engineer at Toyo Tires.