NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — A motorcyclist who died in a crash after allegedly running from police in Aiken County has been identified.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday along U.S. 25 (Edgefield Road) near Hampton Avenue.

Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said 46-year-old Roosevelt Walker was riding a 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Edgefield Road at high speed while attempting to escape a North Augusta Department of Public Safety officer when he lost control.

Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway said the rider left the road to the right, hit a curb, traveled through a parking lot, hit another curb and then spilled from the motorcycle.

Ables said responding officers rendered aid until emergency personnel could take Walker, who died at Wells

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