Brent Hinds found at fault in fatal motorcycle crash due to speeding

Atlanta police have concluded that former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds was at fault in the motorcycle crash that killed him on the night of Aug. 20 at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Boulevard. In an updated report posted Sept. 4, investigators said time-distance calculations based on traffic camera video showed Hinds was traveling between 63 and 68 miles per hour when his Harley Davidson collided with a BMW SUV, a velocity roughly twice the posted speed limit at the site of the crash.

The police report said video of the intersection was used in the calculations and "clearly depicts the crash," and that the speed determination, together with witness statements that Hinds was driving fast, led officers to conclude he was at fault. The finding reverses an earlier, preliminary report filed Aug. 28 that had attributed the collision to a female SUV driver failing to yield while making a left turn. Some accounts identified that driver as 22 years old.

Responding officers found Hinds breathing and moving at the scene with visible injuries to his head, arms and torso, the report says. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The Fulton County...