Pickens County fatality identified

The coroner in Pickens County has announced the name of the fatality in the crash Tuesday night of a dirt bike and a Jeep. Dirt bike operator Wesley Alan Gantt, 25-year old Pickens resident, died yesterday morning in a Greenville hospital.  Coroner Kandy Kelley attributes Gantt’s death to blunt force trauma to the head.  Gantt was not wearing a helmet. The accident occurred late Tuesday night on SC 183/the Walhalla Highway, two miles south of Pickens.