Crime & Safety
Update: Ga. 400 Motorcycle Wreck Kills Woman, Brother Charged
Nearby Sandy Springs: The female passenger was thrown from her brother's bike. The accident was among many overnight Friday.
Wendy Parker contributed to this story
A female motorcycle passenger was killed in an early Saturday morning crash on Ga. 400 near Holcomb Bridge Road.
Roswell Police identified the victim as Sarah Howell, 28, of Alpharetta. Howell fell off the motorcycle when it swiped a wall, and was hit by a car.
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The driver of the motorcycle, David Neil Howell, the victim's brother, was arrested and charged by Roswell Police with first degree vehicular homicide, DUI, reckless driving, failure to maintain a lane and violating his motorcycle instructional permit.
Anyone with information is asked to call Roswell Police at 770-640-4100.
Roswell Police discovered the wreck after responding to a call on a reckless driver on Ga. 400, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story.
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The AJC reported that during the night five people were killed in four separate accidents, around metro Atlanta, including another motorcycle crash on Cobb Parkway.
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