Berkeley County, South Carolina – Joe Britton, a 64-year-old resident of Pineville, lost his life in a tragic motorcycle accident on Wednesday night. The crash occurred around 8 p.m. on Thomas Walters Road, near Timberline Way, approximately three miles north of Pineville.
Britton was riding a 2013 Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle traveling eastbound on Thomas Walters Road when the motorcycle veered off the right side of the road. Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the South Carolina Highway Patrol confirmed that Britton died at the scene due to the injuries he sustained in the crash.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is currently investigating the cause of the accident. No further details have been released at this time.
This tragic incident has brought grief to the Pineville community, where Joe Britton was known.