Crime & Safety
Tips Coming in Related to Trooper Crash Monday
Pickens County Sheriff's Office is hoping to talk to anyone who may have seen a motorcycle in or around the area where the troopr crashed on Monday morning.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is getting tips every hour, but haven’t been able to track down the motorcycle driver who was being chased by a trooper Monday, just before the patrolman crashed.
According to multiple media reports, Trooper Kristopher Bratcher was chasing a motorcycle going more than 100 miles per hour and wrecked while in pursuit on Brushy Creek Road in Easley around 4 a.m.
Authorities said the trooper crashed on Brushy Creek Road near Sheffield Road not far from the city limits of Easley.
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Bratcher remains in the hospital, according to an article on WSPA.
Watch the dashcam video released by S.C. Highway Patrol to WYFF. The video is from one of the first vehicles arriving on scene at the crash.
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Anyone with information is asked to call (864) 260-2200.
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