SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports that a motorcyclist is dead after striking a deer in Sumter County.
According to Master Trooper Gary Miller, the crash happened around 7 p.m. on Raccoon Road at Barnwell Drive roughly 10 miles west of the city of Sumter. This is in the Stateburg community - a largely rural residential and wooded area outside Shaw Air Force Base.
Miller said a 2020 Harley Davidson motorcycle was heading west on Raccoon Road when it struck a deer and overturned in the roadway.
On Sunday afternoon, Coroner Robbie Baker identified the victim as 54-year-old Richard Shields of Montpelier Lane in Sumter. Baker said his family has been notified.
