Distracted officer hit and killed moped driver while looking at laptop, GA troopers say

An Atlanta-area officer was distracted by his patrol car’s computer before a crash that killed a moped driver, Georgia state troopers say.

Michael Brady, 49, with the Gwinnett County Police Department was charged with second-degree vehicular homicide and following too closely in connection with the Sept. 9 crash in Hall County, according to Georgia State Patrol.

The two-vehicle collision happened just before 5:45 a.m. at McEver and J White roads in Oakwood, troopers said in a news release. Brady was driving south on McEver Road when his patrol car struck the back of the moped.

The officer acknowledged he was looking at his in-car computer shortly before the crash, troopers said.

The moped driver, who wasn’t publicly identified, died from their injuries on Sept. 10.

McClatchy News reached out to the Gwinnett County Police Department for comment Thursday, Sept. 15, and was awaiting a response.

Oakwood is about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta.

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