OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. —

A motorcyclist has died after hitting a ditch in Oconee County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Troopers said the crash happened around 4 a.m. Thursday on Phillip Lear Road near Pittman Circle, which is about four miles south of Westminster. Latest Forecast

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According to Highway Patrol, a 2004 Indian motorcycle was traveling south on Phillip Lear Road, when the motorcyclist went off the left side of the road, striking a ditch and spilling off the roadway.

The motorcyclist was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where they died. The victim was identified by the Oconee County Coroner's Office as 56-year-old Alan Roger Mason.

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