Easley Man killed after Motorcycle strikes Deer

An Easley man died Saturday night when his motorcycle struck a deer. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley pronounced 62-year-old James Bradley Grimes dead at the scene. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say the collision occurred around 10:15pm on SC 11, seven-miles west of Pickens. Grimes was traveling north on SC 11 when a deer entered the road headed west and was hit by the front of the bike. Troopers say he was not wearing a helmet, was ejected and died shortly after.