GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia community is mourning the death of a young man killed this week in a horrible crash.
The Georgia State Patrol said 26-year-old George Neal Sheppard was driving his Chevrolet pickup truck around 2 a.m. Monday on Old Jesup Road in Glynn County when two trees on the shoulder uprooted and fell across the road.
One of the trees crashed on the truck’s front end, killing Sheppard. The second tree crashed onto the truck bed.
Evidence showed that Sheppard attempted to avoid the falling tree. The truck left a single skid mark 103 feet from where the trees fell.
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The Brunswick community put up a wooden cross on the stretch of road where he was killed, according to the Brunswick News.
An online memorial said that he loved the University of Georgia Bulldogs and was “happiest when he was camping by the river, fishing and listening to music.”
Many people left their condolences on Sheppard’s Facebook page.
“Rest Easy Brother. You did a lot of living in a way too short time,” one friend wrote.
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Posted by The Brunswick News on Thursday, October 15, 2020
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