Elderly Man Charged in Fatal Motorcycle Crash

A 32 year-old Westminster man died Thursday afternoon at Oconee Memorial Hospital.

William Andrew Cheek, 32, was pronounced dead at 2:13 pm.

He died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a two vehicle collision which occurred on Tokeena Road (SC 59) near Seneca. 

This incident was reported at approximately 1 pm.   

Mr. Cheek was the operator of a 2000 Kawasaki motorcycle that was reportedly hit by a 1993 Ford pickup truck driven by 85 year old Lane Ables, of Seneca, who has been charged with driving too fast for conditions, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.