Motorcycle fatality identified

The Anderson County Coroner’s Office has identified a 65-year-old Liberty man as the fatality in a late Wednesday night accident near a roundabout at SC 88 and U-S 178.  Don McCown, chief deputy coroner, said Norval Ray Painter lost his life to traumatic injuries secondary to blunt force trauma when his motorcycle hit a fallen tree across 178.  The accident occurred around 11:20 at night, and the scene is said to have been responsible for two more accidents, both of which resulted in minor injuries.