2 people hospitalized in Canton Road motorcycle crash

A motorcyclist and a motorist sustained serious injuries Saturday in a crash on Canton Road, Cobb Police said.Cobb Police, Holly Springs Road suspicious person, East Cobb crime forum

Officer Aaron Wilson said in a release Monday that Ali Babar, 32, of Marietta, and Marilyn Jensen, 90, of Woodstock, were taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.

Wilson said the Babar was heading north in a a black 2016 Honda CB500 motorcycle on Canton Road near the intersection of Farm Ridge Drive at 9:42 a.m.

That’s just north of Jamerson Road, near the Cobb-Cherokee county line.

Jensen was traveling south on Canton Road in a white 2012 Honda Civic and was in the center turn lane, police said. She turned left and into the path of the motorcycle, Wilson said, causing the bike to crash into a curb.

Babar and the motorcycle landed in a northbound lane of Canton Road, near Farm Ridge Drive, according to police.

Wilson said an investigation into the accident is continuing and that anyone with information is asked to contact the Cobb County Police Department at 770-499-3987.

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