CANTON, Ga. — Authorities say a 65-year-old Georgia man was killed when he swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a garbage truck.

Lieutenant Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office says Alvin Clemmons of Cumming was taken to North Fulton Hospital after Tuesday’s wreck on Highway 369. Clemmons later died.

Baker said the driver of the garbage truck was not injured.

The accident is under investigation.