EASLEY — One person is dead after an accident involving a backhoe and a motorcycle Sunday near Easley.

According to Cpl. Bill Rhyne of the S.C. Highway Patrol, a 41-year-old Easley man was driving a 1992 Ford backhoe west on Old Easley Bridge Road when he turned in front of a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle.

The driver of the motorcycle, who was not wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle when it struck the backhoe and was pronounced dead at the scene, Rhyne said.

The accident occurred at 5:50 p.m. about a mile east of Easley.

Pickens County coroner Kandy Kelley had not released the name of the person killed at press time Tuesday.