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Pavo Man Dies After Fall From Truck

Michael Newsome
Posted at 5:42 PM, Sep 16, 2014
and last updated 2014-09-16 14:15:00-04

COLQUITT COUNTY, Ga. (WTXL)--Family and friends are saying goodbye to a Pavo man who died after falling out of a pick-up truck.

The Colquitt County coroner says 27-year-old Michael Brandon New some died Sunday at 12:10 a.m. from head injuries after an accident on Friday night.

We're told he was riding in the truck bed and sitting on a cooler. The truck was traveling on Tollokas Road and as it turned onto Rosencrantz Road in Colquitt County Newsome fell out.

His funeral is set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church in Pavo. Visitation is happening now until seven Tuesday night at Allen and Allen Chapel in Thomasville.