Man killed by tree during storms in Cherokee County identified

A man who died Tuesday night after a tree fell on his moving car in Cherokee County was identified Wednesday morning.

According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Levi Benjamin Wilson, of Woodstock, was driving on Vaughn Road when storms knocked a tree over.

The tree fell on his Nissan 350 ZX convertible, killing him before 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

Deputies with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene around 7:48 p.m. and found Wilson.

On Wednesday, deputies said no one else was in the vehicle.

A GoFundMe campaign to benefit Wilson’s family has been set up.

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