This is just tragic.
Please be careful not just on your motorcycles but in your vehicles as well.
David Patten, a standout at Lower Richland High School in South Carolina who went on to a long NFL career, died Thursday. He was 47 years old.
Patten was riding a motorcycle Thursday night and died after a collision, the Richland County coroner confirmed Friday morning.
The S.C. Highway Patrol reported that the wreck involving Patten happened just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday in the northeast part of Richland County, on Clemson Road and near Old Clemson Road. Patten was on his motorcycle going west on Clemson Road and drove into the opposing lane, the patrol said. He hit a sedan, which then sideswiped a van, according to the patrol.
Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford confirmed that Patten died in the wreck. The coroner’s officer and the highway patrol are investigating the death and collision.
Tributes have poured in from the NFL community.
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.