Anderson County, June 20th, 2020.
Corporal Matt Southern of the South Carolina Highway Patrol Released the following Statement.
Earlier this morning at 1:17am, a motorcyclist was traveling south bound on Interstate 85 near the 34-mile marker.
The rider ran off the road striking a street sign and then a tree. The rider was then thrown from the motorcycle and was fatally injured despite wearing a helmet.
The motorcycle continued traveling south bound striking another tree before catching fire. The collision remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The victim has not yet been identified.