Coroner’s office identifies motorcyclist killed after hitting curb in Horry County
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - A single-vehicle motorcycle crash killed one person late Sunday, authorities said.
Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the wreck happened on Kings Road and the Peter Vaught Sr. boat facility near the Bass Pro Shop, around 11:20 p.m.
According to the report, the motorcycle was heading south on Kings Road when it ran off the road to the right, hit a curb, then spilled off the roadway and hit a street sign.
Ridgeway said the motorcyclist was taken to a hospital, and later died as a result of the crash.
The Horry County Coroner’s Office identified the motorcyclist as 29-year-old Tony Dotson Jr. He was taken to Grand Strand Medical Center where he later died from his injuries.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.
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