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One driver dies in fatal Aiken County collision, the SC Highway Patrol says

One driver died in a fatal Aiken County collision, Thursday afternoon along state Route 39 at New Holland Road, the SC Highway Patrol says.
One driver died in a fatal Aiken County collision, Thursday afternoon along state Route 39 at New Holland Road, the SC Highway Patrol says. Getty Images/iStockphoto

One person died in a fatal collision Thursday afternoon in Aiken County, 10 miles from Wagener, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.

A 2023 Honda Accord was going west about 2 p.m. on New Holland Road and crossing State Route 39, when it collided with a 2008 International bucket truck going south on State Route 39, the highway patrol said.

The driver of the Honda died at the scene.

The names of those involved in the collision were not released by the highway patrol.

Joseph Bustos
The State
Joseph Bustos is a state government and politics reporter at The State. He’s a Northwestern University graduate and previously worked in Illinois covering government and politics. He has won reporting awards in both Illinois and Missouri. He moved to South Carolina in November 2019 and won the Jim Davenport Award for Excellence in Government Reporting for his work in 2022. Support my work with a digital subscription
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