Coroner identifies 28-year-old man killed in Midlands motorcycle crash

A Cassatt man died in a motorcycle crash on Friday night.

Keith Alan Humphries Jr. died in a collision with a truck in Kershaw County around 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 16, according to a statement released by the Kershaw County Coroner’s Office.

Both vehicles were headed south from the Cassatt area on Highway 1 toward Camden, said David West, the Kershaw County Coroner. Humphries, 28, was turning left off of Highway 1 onto Park Road when the truck hit his motorcycle from behind.

Humphries, who wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the coroner.

The crash is under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

This story was originally published September 17, 2022 at 3:35 PM.

Ted Clifford

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Ted Clifford is the statewide accountability reporter at The State Newspaper. Formerly the crime and courts reporter, he has covered the Murdaugh saga, state and federal court, as well as criminal justice and public safety in the Midlands and across South Carolina. He is the recipient of the 2023 award for best beat reporting by the South Carolina Press Association.