UPDATE: A 15-year-old Armuchee High School student is dead after a crash in Summerville Thursday afternoon.

Elijah Espy was riding a Honda dirt bike traveling north on Dry Creek Road around 4:15pm, according to a crash report from the Georgia State Patrol.

A Tesla, driven by a 61-year-old man, was traveling south. He slowed down, then made a left turn into the driveway.

Espy's bike hit the Tesla's right passenger door as it turned, vaulting him over the vehicle and 80 feet down the roadway.

He succumbed to his injuries on scene.

Troopers determined in a preliminary investigation that the weather, sight distance, and lack of headlights on the bike were contributing factors in the crash.

The incident remains under investigation by the GSP's Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (

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