One person dies in early morning I-77 collision, SCHP says
The body of a person who died in an an early morning collision on northbound Interstate 77 was found eight hours after the crash, the highway patrol said.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol said about 2:10 a.m. Thursday at milemarker 19 of the highway in Richland County, Deshane T. Brown, 32, of Columbia, the driver of a Chevy Trailblazer, went off the road and hit the median barrier. The vehicle then came back onto the highway hit the back of a Nissan.
The driver of the Nissan was wearing her seat belt and was taken to an area hospital, the highway patrol said.
SC Department of Transportation workers located Brown’s body in the median about eight hours after the crash, SCHP said.
“We are working with the South Carolina Highway Patrol to fully investigate this matter,” Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford said in a statement.
This story was originally published May 7, 2021 at 7:26 AM.
