LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the motorcyclist killed as a result of a hit-and-run collision that occurred early Sunday morning.
Jeremy Shane Smith, 49, of Aiken, was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) Trooper Edward Collins, Smith was operating a 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle traveling west on I-20 around 12:35 a.m. Sept. 6, when he was struck from behind by a Ford Mustang near mile marker 39 (at Hwy 178).
The driver of the Mustang, DeAngelo Cunningham, 28, has been charged with felony DUI and leaving the scene of a collision involving death and is in custody at the Lexington County Jail.
The SCHP continues to investigate the incident.