'Ride of Silence' To Honor Paul Taylor

Riders will gather at the 10th Street / Charles Allen Drive entrance to Piedmont Park.  The ride will be about 90 minutes and will honor Paul as well as other bikers who were injured or killed on the road.  Rides of Silence will be held across the country on Wednesday. 

Decatur police say they have not completed the investigation of Paul's fatal collision that happened at 6:23am Monday, April 30, on North Decatur Road just west of the intersection with Willivee Drive. No charges have been filed.

The police report says Taylor's GT Series 3 bike and a 2004 Ford Ranger truck driven by Jorge Mercado-Perez, 57, of Snellville were both in the inside, eastbound lane of North Decatur Road.

The report said Mercado-Perez "stated the bicyclist appeared to be kneeling in the roadway as if he had fallen."

Taylor, 53, was a physician’s assistant in neonatology and a champion of women's health at Grady Health System for more than 20 years.