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Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer dies in Bartow County crash

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia State Patrol has confirmed Robert Lewis Burns Jr., 64, died in a crash on Tower Ridge Road in Bartow County.

Around 11:56 p.m. Friday, Burns' vehicle was traveling northbound on Tower Ridge Road when his vehicle went off the west side of the road while approaching a curve.

Burns' vehicle hit a mailbox and a tree.

Police say Burns was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.