One person killed after car overturns in early morning Midlands wreck

A person was killed in an early Friday morning wreck in the Midlands.

The crash happened at about 4:25 a.m. Friday along U.S. 178 at Morgan Drive in Orangeburg County, according to S.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Brittany Glover. That’s about 4 miles west of the city of Orangeburg.

According to the Highway Patrol, a person was driving a 2017 Chevy Impala and was traveling east on U.S. 178 when the car went off the right side of the road. It hit a culvert, then an embankment, and overturned. The driver died at the scene, according to the Highway Patrol.

The deceased had not been publicly identified as of early Friday morning. The crash remains under investigation.

Chris Trainor

The State

Chris Trainor is a retail reporter for The State and has been working for newspapers in South Carolina for more than 21 years, including previous stops at the (Greenwood) Index-Journal and the (Columbia) Free Times. He is the winner of a host of South Carolina Press Association awards, including honors in column writing, government beat reporting, profile writing, food writing, business beat reporting, election coverage, social media and more.