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Oconee County coroner releases name of motorcyclist killed in crash with pickup truck

Oconee County coroner releases name of motorcyclist killed in crash with pickup truck
THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DISRUPT OUR SCHOOLS AND FUNCTIONS HAPPENING ON OUR CAMPUSES WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. A MOTORCYCLIST HAS DIED AFTER A CRASH LAST WEEK IN OCONEE COUNTY. THE CRASH HAPPENED LAST MONDAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 24 AND S.C. 59. THE CORONER IDEN
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Oconee County coroner releases name of motorcyclist killed in crash with pickup truck
(Above video was published on Friday.)On Monday, an Upstate coroner released the name of a driver who died of injuries from a crash.Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said Stephen Lawless, 52, died at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital on Friday morning.The crash happened on Aug. 8 and involved a pickup truck and a motorcycle, the South Carolina Highway Patrol released Friday.Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway said the crash happened just before 8 a.m. on West Oak Highway at Tokeena Road, just east of Oakway.Ridgeway said the driver of a Dodge pickup was heading east on West Oak Highway, attempting to turn left onto Tokeena Road.He said Lawless, who was driving a 2004 Suzuki motorcycle, was heading west on West Oak Highway and hit the pickup truck.Lawless was taken by medical helicopter to the hospital. His manner of death is listed as accidental, Addis said.The driver of the pickup was not hurt.

(Above video was published on Friday.)

On Monday, an Upstate coroner released the name of a driver who died of injuries from a crash.

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Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said Stephen Lawless, 52, died at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital on Friday morning.

The crash happened on Aug. 8 and involved a pickup truck and a motorcycle, the South Carolina Highway Patrol released Friday.

Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway said the crash happened just before 8 a.m. on West Oak Highway at Tokeena Road, just east of Oakway.

Ridgeway said the driver of a Dodge pickup was heading east on West Oak Highway, attempting to turn left onto Tokeena Road.

He said Lawless, who was driving a 2004 Suzuki motorcycle, was heading west on West Oak Highway and hit the pickup truck.

Lawless was taken by medical helicopter to the hospital. His manner of death is listed as accidental, Addis said.

The driver of the pickup was not hurt.