ATWELL — Charges have been issued for a driver involved in a fatal motorcycle crash early Thursday evening.

A spokesperson for the North Carolina Highway Patrol confirmed that Josue Morales Garcia, 23, has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and failure to yield after the Highway Patrol initially investigated the crash, which happened at 6:06 p.m.

The crash happened at the intersection of Karriker Road and Montana Drive near Kannapolis.

The spokesperson said that Garcia was traveling east on Karriker Road when he attempted to make a left turn onto Montana Drive. In the process of the turn, Garcia allegedly failed to yield to an oncoming motorcycle driven by Kannapolis resident Nicholas James Freeman, 22.

The two vehicles then collided. Freeman was declared dead on the scene, according to the spokesperson.