First responders were called to a fatal accident at approximately 5:59 a.m. in Greer Wednesday morning.
According to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway, community relations officer with the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, the accident involved a 2010 Kawasaki motorcycle and a 2021 Volkswagon Sedan at U.S. Hwy 29 and Fairforest Clevedale Road.
Erik Estrada, 28, was driving the motorcycle, traveling south on U.S. 29. The driver of the Volkswagon was traveling north on U.S. 29, attempting to take a left on Fairforest Clevedale Road and the motorcyclist struck the side of the Volkswagon.
The driver of the Volkswagon is uninjured. Estrada died on the scene.
