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Aiken Co. man dies in motorcycle crash
Posted: 07.16.2012 at 11:28 AM
Updated: 07.16.2012 at 11:30 AM
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An Aiken County man is dead after a Sunday night motorcycle crash.  / MGN
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AIKEN County, SC (WACH) - An Aiken County man is dead after a Sunday night motorcycle crash.

Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton says 60-year-old Jerry Sirard was traveling south on Old Barnwell Road near Deer Run Road around 11 p.m. Sunday when he drifted off of the road and struck a tree.

According to Carlton, Sirard was riding at 1972 Harley Davidson and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.

 

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