Motorcyclist killed in a vehicle collision on US Highway 15 in Sumter identified

(ABC Columbia/FILE)

SUMTER CO., S.C. (WOLO) – The Sumter County Coroner’s Office has identified the motorcyclist killed in a vehicle collision on Sunday.

Coroner Robert Baker says Allen Moffitt, 74, died at Prisma Health Richland hospital after the collision on U.S. Highway 15 near Lewis Road around 10:50 a.m.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Moffitt was driving a 1986 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, when he made an unlawful lane change and hit a 2011 Infiniti.

Authorities say Moffitt, who wasn’t wearing a helmet, died, while the Infiniti driver was not injured.

This incident remains under investigation.