Greenville,SC : one person is dead on April, sunday 30th 2017
Greenville, South Carolina
Officials with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office said one person is dead and a death investigation has been launched after a crash on Pelham Road.
Deputies say they received an initial call around 4:45 p.m. Sunday from a man who stated he had located his stolen motorcycle.
The man told deputies he had followed the man with his stolen motorcycle to the Kangaroo gas station located at 5010 Pelham Road.
Deputies said that as the the driver on the stolen bike attempted to flee the gas station, he and the man pursuing him collided in the rear portion of the Kangaroo Express gas station parking lot near the Boiling Springs Fire Department.
Troopers got the call about the crash just before 6 p.m.
The coroner, Boiling Springs Fire Department, Greenville County Sheriff's Office, Highway Patrol Troopers and EMS all responded to the incident.
The crash resulted in the death of the man on the stolen motorcycle, per deputies.
The coroner has identified the deceased as 36-year-old Steven Russel Ridenour of Greer. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his cause and manner of death are pending until further investigation is complete, per the coroner.
Investigators are on the scene and actively working this death investigation. More details will be released as they become available.
Source :
Coroner identifies man killed in crash after man tracked down his stolen motorcycle