Irmo man died in Richland County, SC motorcycle crash: Cops

A motorcycle rider was killed in a crash on a Richland County road, the South Carolina Highway Patrol reported.

Cromer N. Spires, a 36-yr-aged Irmo resident, was the bike rider, according to Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford.

The two-car or truck collision transpired at about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday on Kennerly Road, in accordance to Learn Trooper David Jones. Which is in the Irmo place, not considerably from Broad River Street.

The wreck involved a 2006 Suzuki bike and a 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck driving in reverse instructions on Kennerly Road, Jones stated.

The southbound Chevy pickup turned still left at the intersection with Hopewell Church Road and was hit in the rear by the motorbike, according to Jones.

After colliding with the pickup, the motorbike ran off the correct side of the highway and smashed into a utility pole, Jones mentioned.

Spires died at the scene, in accordance to Jones.

There was no phrase if Spires wore a helmet.

Jones reported the pickup driver was not harm, and no other accidents ended up reported in the crash that continues to be investigated by the Freeway Patrol.

“Motorcycles are almost everywhere but they are small, quickly obscured by other motor vehicles and roadside constructions, and in some cases challenging to see,” the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Business claimed a short while ago even though advertising and marketing Bike Safety Consciousness Month. “Automobile drivers really should watch intently for bikes in all directions at intersections. Stay away from turns — specifically left-hand turns throughout oncoming targeted visitors — on yellow lights in case an approaching motorbike is coming by way of the intersection.”

By means of Monday, 509 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2022, which include 70 motorbike riders, according to the point out Department of Community Protection.

At minimum 33 persons have died in Richland County crashes in 2022, and this is the sixth that included a motorbike, DPS claimed.

In a separate incident Sunday, a bike rider was killed in a crash with a pickup truck on U.S. 76 in close proximity to Shadowood Generate, according to the Highway Patrol.

A 2022 GMC Sierra pickup was turning left off Shadowood Travel on to U.S. 76, heading west, the Freeway Patrol mentioned. A 2008 Harley-Davidson bike was touring east on U.S. 76, and the two autos collided.

The motorbike driver was taken to Prisma Wellness Richland and later on died, whilst a passenger on the motorcycle also was taken to the clinic for injuries, according to the Highway Patrol. Further more information and facts on the passenger’s issue was not readily available.

In 2021, 159 motorbike riders were amid the 1,194 folks who died on South Carolina roads, in accordance to DPS. 13 of past year’s 73 fatal crashes in Richland County included a motorcycle, DPS data exhibits.

This story was initially posted July 6, 2022 8:09 AM.