Columbia man among 2 dead in multi-car collision on I-77 Friday
Two people are dead in an early-morning collision involving four different vehicles near Blythewood.
The crash occurred around 1:45 a.m. in the southbound lane of Interstate 77 near mile marker 26, blocking the roadway, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.
The series of events began when two vehicles collided on I-77 south. One car pulled over to the side of the road, but when the driver of the other car exited their vehicle, they and their vehicle were struck by another car, killing the driver.
The driver of the third car then exited their vehicle, and were struck and killed by another car coming down the interstate, which then flipped over into the median. One of two occupants in that vehicle was transported to Prisma Health Richland with non-life-threatening injuries, said S.C. Highway Patrol Trooper David Jones.
Tyrone Cornelius Fogle, 40, of Monticello Road, Columbia, was identified as one of the drivers killed in the accident by the Richland County coroner’s office. Manuel V. Ito, 63, of Hephzibah, Ga., was named as the second driver killed in the accident. It’s unclear which car in the sequence Fogle and Ito were driving.
S.C. Highway Patrol set up a detour at exit 27 to Community Road to divert traffic away from the scene of the accident, creating delays.
One driver told WACH FOX she was stopped in traffic for two and a half hours Friday morning because of the accident.
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This story was originally published July 26, 2019 at 7:24 AM.
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