SC man killed in crash — third in about 24-hour span in same county, coroner says
A man riding a motorcycle was killed Sunday in an early morning crash — continuing a deadly stretch on Aiken County roads, according to the coroner’s office.
Danielson Gomez, a 24-year-old North Augusta resident, died in the accident, Coroner Darryl Ables said in a news release.
The single-vehicle collision happened at about 2 a.m..
Gomez was driving a 2012 Ducati 848 north on Old Edgefield Road, near Knox Avenue in North Augusta, when he lost control of the motorcycle on a curve, Ables said. Gomez, who was thrown from the motorcycle, suffered blunt force injuries and died at the scene, according to the release.
No other injuries were reported.
There was no word if Gomez was wearing a helmet.
The crash is being investigated by the coroner’s office and the North Augusta Department of Public Safety. Toxicology analysis is pending, Ables said.
Other deadly crashes
This is at least the third person who has died following an Aiken County crash since Saturday morning — and the fourth in the past week.
On Saturday at about 1:15 p.m., a 49-year-old Newberry resident was killed when a Chevrolet pickup truck hit a tree, Ables said.
About 12 hours earlier on Saturday, at 1:50 a.m., a Georgia man died when the Chevy pickup truck he was driving crashed into a tree, according to the coroner’s office.
On July 31, a 60-year-old Aiken man died days after the tractor trailer he was driving rolled over while entering Interstate 20, the coroner’s office said.
Through July 30, 577 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2023, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Last year, 1,091 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least 24 people have died in Aiken County crashes in 2023, according to DPS data. Last year, 29 deaths were reported in the county, DPS reported.
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This story was originally published August 6, 2023 at 12:26 PM with the headline "SC man killed in crash — third in about 24-hour span in same county, coroner says."
