Lancaster, SC motorcycle driver, 32, killed after crash with car, officials say
A motorcycle driver was killed in a collision with a car Thursday night in Lancaster County, officials said.
The driver who died was identified Friday as Darius Cherry, 32, of Lancaster, said Lancaster County Coroner Karla Knight-Deese.
Cherry died at the scene of the crash around 8:30 p.m. on U.S. 521 at the intersection of Old Charlotte Road north of Lancaster, said Master Trooper Gary Miller of the S.C. Highway Patrol.
The motorcycle was heading north on U.S. 521 when it was struck by a car that was turning onto the highway from Old Charlotte Road, Miller said.
The driver and a 3-year-old passenger in the car were not hurt, Miller said.
The crash remains under investigation.
The fatality is the ninth on a Lancaster County road this year, according to the S.C. Department of Public Safety. It’s the 56th motorcycle fatality in South Carolina this year, records show.
This story was originally published June 11, 2021 at 9:14 AM.
