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He had only been the mayor for a few months. White Mayor Pro Tem Gary Crisp will take over mayoral duties.

REST IN PEACE: Perry Bell, the mayor of White, Georgia, was killed over the weekend when he crashed and was hit by another rider while on a motocross track. He was 54 years old.

The 54-year-old wrecked and was struck by another rider at the Lazy River Motocross track near Dalton.

Perry Bell, 54, wrecked and was struck by another rider, the coroner said.

A Georgia town's mayor died from blunt force trauma to the chest in a motocross wreck. The mayor crashed and then was struck by another rider.

The mayor of a small Georgia town was killed in a motocross accident over the weekend. A deputy coroner described the incident as unavoidable. Perry Bell was just two months into his term.

Bell had taken office in June, according to The Daily Tribune News. The coroner said Bell was accidentally struck by another rider.