According to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher, the operator of a minibike, a 13-year-old male from the Pine Ridge community, died May 25 from injuries suffered in a minibike crash. Fisher did not disclose the name of the boy who was killed.

He died after being transported to an area hospital after the crash. The young man was riding the minibike on Williams Circle, near Courtney Drive, when it left the road, struck a mailbox, then collided with a tree.

The collision occurred at approximately 6:40 pm Tuesday. Master Trooper Daivid Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the boy was on a Kicker minibike traveling south on Williams Circle. The boy was wearing a helmet. The SCHP is investigating.