Information about a fatal hit and run accident that took place on County Road 18 has been released by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office.
Randolph County Sheriff Jarrod Peters reported that the The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a motorcycle crash on Aug. 12, at approximately 1:30 a.m. The initial report indicated that the accident had occurred two miles from the Baldwin power plant.
Deputies located the body of a deceased male subject, later identified as Christopher M. Barnes, 32, of New Athens on County Road 18, two-thirds of a mile west of Gander Hollow Road (between Baldwin and Sparta).
For more on the accident, please see this week’s print edition.