Motorcyclist dies after being struck by school bus Monday

Staff photo by Shellie Smitley

Date: August 15, 2022

A motorcyclist was killed Monday after being struck by a Richmond County school bus.

The Richmond County Coroner’s Office, Richmond County School District and Richmond County Sheriff’s Office all provided similar accounts of Monday’s incident.

A male, whose identify has not been released, was following a Richmond County school bus on Old McDuffie Road when he attempted to pass the school bus in a no-passing zone as it was turning left onto Kenny Road.

The bus struck the motorcyclist who was pronounced dead at 5:40 p.m.

No further information is available at this time.

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