An injury and a fatality occurred yesterday in a motorcycle crash in Lancaster County according to police. According to published reports, neither the driver nor the passenger was wearing a helmet in the crash that happened around 7 a.m. on S.C. 903 east of Lancaster.
Lance Cpl. Gary Miller of the S.C. Highway Patrol said The passenger, a 27-year-old woman from Chester, was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Samuel Bland, 42, died at Springs Memorial Hospital, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office.
The motorcycle was heading north on the highway when it crashed into an embankment, ejecting both the driver and passenger, according to Miller. The crash remains under investigation.