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On Friday morning, Anthony Suggs Jr., of Clayton, was riding a motorcycle along N.C. 42 near Thanksgiving Fire Department Road when he approached a tractor that was mowing grass on the shoulder. The tractor pulled into Suggs' path, and Suggs struck the back of the machine and was thrown from his bike. He died at the scene. The driver of the tractor, William Pittman of Benson, has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and unsafe movement.