Minor killed in dirt bike wreck Sunday: Mayor, top officers encourage safety - Daily Leader

Minor killed in dirt bike wreck Sunday: Mayor, top officers encourage safety - Daily Leader

A teenage boy died in a motorcycle wreck Sunday afternoon on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive after the dirt bike he was riding collided with a passenger vehicle. Brookhaven Chief of Police Dustin Bairfield said the wreck occurred at approximately 6:40-6:45 p.m. Mayor Larry Jointer extended his condolences to and prayers for the family of the teen in an online press conference Monday morning. Jointer then spoke for several minutes on the need for mo…