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Motorcyclist killed in accident in Fairfield County

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC — One motorcyclist is dead and another is hospitalized following a crash Friday afternoon in Fairfield County.

Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the accident occurred around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of US 321 and SC 269 (Hinnants Store Road).

Ridgeway said two Harley-Davidson motorcycles were traveling south on U.S. 321 when a 2016 Dodge pickup truck attempted to enter the road. Ridgeway said the motorcycles collided with the truck, sending both drivers to the hospital. One of the two later died. The driver of the truck was not injured.

The Fairfield County Coroner’s Office has not yet released the name of the deceased driver. The crash remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.