AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities have identified a 53-year-old South Carolina man who died in a motorcycle crash in Aiken County on Friday night.
Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened just before 10:30 p.m. on U.S. 25 (Edgefield Road) near Sweetwater Road outside of North Augusta. Ridgeway said a 2004 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was heading south on U.S. 25 when it struck low-hanging power lines across the roadway.
Coroner Darryl M. Ables said the victim, Jammy Weaver of Johnston, spilled into the road and was pronounced dead at the scene by 11:10 p.m. Ables added that the low-hanging line Weaver struck was from a downed traffic light…