A man was killed Saturday evening when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck, according to South Carolina officials.
Patrick Laorenzo, a 26-year-old Aiken resident, died from injuries he suffered in the crash, Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said Sunday.
The wreck happened Saturday around 9 p.m., according to Cpl. Nick Pye of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Laorenzo was driving a 2022 Honda motorcycle westbound on SC 118/Rudy Mason Parkway, Pye said. At the intersection with Wrights Mill Road, the motorcycle collided with a 2024 Chevrolet pickup that was turning left onto SC 118 from Wrights Mill Road, Pye said.
Laorenzo died at the scene at 9:45 p.m., Ables said.
Pye said neither the Chevy driver nor any passenger were injured and no other injuries were reported.
There was no word if any of the people in the Chevy were wearing seat belts, or if Laorenzo was wearing a helmet, but the crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol and the coroner’s office. The results of toxicology tests are pending, Ables said.
At least 750 people had died on South Carolina roadways through Oct. 13 in 2024, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Last year, 1,030 people died in accidents in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least 24 people have died in accidents in Aiken County in 2024, according to DPS data. There were 38 deaths reported in the county in 2023, DPS reported.
