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Brent Hinds, Mastodon Cofounder, Killed in Atlanta Motorcycle Crash

Police have opened an investigation after officers said a BMW SUV failed to yield at an Atlanta intersection.

Brent Hinds de Mastodon en el Louder Than Life Music Festival (Foto Amy Harris/Invision/AP, archivo)
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Hinds tenia 51 años al momento de su muerte. 

Overview

  • Atlanta police said Hinds’s Harley-Davidson collided with a BMW SUV turning left at Memorial Drive SE and Boulevard SE around 11:35 p.m. on Aug. 20.
  • The Fulton County medical examiner and Mastodon confirmed his death, and authorities identified him as 51 years old.
  • First responders found Hinds unconscious, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to local reports.
  • The SUV’s driver, a woman, remained at the scene and cooperated with officers, and the Accident Investigation Unit is reviewing the crash with no charges announced to date.
  • Local broadcaster Atlanta News First aired footage from the scene showing police and a motorcycle near a utility pole, though the bike shown has not been confirmed as Hinds’s.