Several drivers struck a motorcyclist lying in the roadway after an earlier collision on Interstate 26 in South Carolina. The motorcyclist, 32-year-old Preston Wayne Grantham, died at the scene. Authorities say the drivers involved in the subsequent impacts did not remain.
Grantham, a West Columbia resident, was killed around 1:38 a.m. Saturday, November 7, on westbound I-26 in Lexington County. The crash happened near mile marker 104, west of Columbia.
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified Grantham as the victim. According to Fisher, he was riding westbound when his motorcycle struck the rear of another vehicle traveling in the same direction.
The collision threw Grantham from his motorcycle and onto the roadway. He was wearing a helmet when the crash happened, but that did not prevent him from suffering fatal injuries.
What happened next involved several other vehicles. Grantham was struck by multiple vehicles as he lay in the roadway, and their drivers did not stay at the scene.
Authorities have not released the identities of those drivers. They also have not provided further details about the vehicles involved in the later collisions or explained whether investigators have located any of them.
Grantham was pronounced dead at the scene. His death has prompted an investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Lexington County Coroner’s Office.
The investigation remains ongoing, and authorities have not released additional details about the events leading up to the crash. The collision took place on westbound Interstate 26 near mile marker 104 in Lexington County, in the Columbia area of South Carolina.
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