{"id":6849,"date":"2025-02-05T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/motorcycle-driver-dies-after-crash-in-lexington-county\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T13:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:55:40","slug":"motorcycle-driver-dies-after-crash-in-lexington-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/motorcycle-driver-dies-after-crash-in-lexington-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle Driver Dies After Crash in Lexington County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LEXINGTON, S.C.<\/strong> &mdash; A motorcycle driver died following a collision with another vehicle on South Lake Drive in the Red Bank area of Lexington County.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on information from the scene, the motorcycle driver was operating recklessly when a deputy observed them and began attempting a traffic stop,&#8221; said Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon. &#8220;As the deputy tried to catch up, the driver continued through the intersection at South Lake and Knoll Station Drive, where they collided with another car.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The deputy immediately reported the crash to the Lexington County 911 Communications Center and responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>South Carolina Highway Patrol<\/strong> will lead the investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Drivers should expect delays and lane closures in the Red Bank area as troopers conduct their investigation,&#8221; Koon added.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who witnessed the crash is urged to contact the Highway Patrol by dialing <strong>*HP (*47)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Photo: Lexington County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, S.C. &mdash; A motorcycle driver died following a collision with another vehicle on South Lake Drive in the Red Bank area of Lexington County. &#8220;Based on information from the scene, the motorcycle driver was operating recklessly when a deputy observed them and began attempting a traffic stop,&#8221; said Lexington<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/motorcycle-driver-dies-after-crash-in-lexington-county\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[76],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-6849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-public-safety","tag-lexington-county-sheriffs-department"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LCSD-Patrol-Unit_2025_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}