PICKENS — Police are charging a man with felony DUI resulting in death after a fatal crash in Pickens.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol said 33-year-old Barney Louis Trotter of Pickens struck and killed 40-year-old Jodah Mullinax on Thursday.

Mullinax was riding a small motorbike and Trotter was following him on a road north of Pickens after sundown, officials said.

Police say Mullinax slowed to turn when Trotter, driving a Dodge Charger, hit Mullinax.

The highway patrol said the bike hit an embankment and Mullinax, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown. Mullinax died before he could be taken to a hospital and was identified by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office.

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