COLUMBIA, SC. (THECOUNT) — Preston Wayne Grantham, of Columbia, South Carolina, has been identified as the motorcyclist killed early Saturday in a crash involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 26 in Lexington County, South Carolina, near the Columbia metropolitan area.
Grantham, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene after the crash, which occurred around 1:38 a.m. near mile marker 104.
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According to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher, Grantham was traveling westbound when his motorcycle struck the rear of a vehicle heading in the same direction.
Grantham was wearing a helmet but was thrown from the motorcycle during the collision. He was then struck by multiple vehicles whose drivers did not remain at the scene.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Lexington County Coroner’s Office are continuing to investigate the fatal crash. Authorities have not released additional information about the vehicles involved or the drivers who left the scene.
The crash occurred on Interstate 26 in Lexington County, west of Columbia, in South Carolina’s Midlands region.
Google Maps location: I-26 near mile marker 104, Lexington County, SC
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