15-year-old killed in crash identified by Lexington County coroner
The teenager who was killed in a recent car crash was publicly identified Thursday by the Lexington County Coroner’s Office.
Dillan Alexander Roldan died in an area hospital days after the three-vehicle collision, Coroner Margaret Fisher said in a news release.
The 15-year-old Pelion resident was a passenger in a 2008 Chevrolet that was involved in last Friday’s wreck, according to Cpl. Matt Southern of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The crash happened at about 7:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of S.C. 6, near the intersection of Edmund Highway, Fisher said. That’s less than 3 miles from the intersection with Fish Hatchery Road.
Both the Chevy and a 2004 Toyota SUV were heading east on S.C. 6 when the collision happened, Southern said. A 2008 Toyota pickup truck was heading west and crossed the center line, crashing into the SUV and causing it to spin and hit the Chevy, according to Southern.
There were four people in the Chevy, including Roldan, and all of them were taken to an area hospital, Southern said. The driver was his mother, and one of the other passengers was his brother, according to an online fundraiser started by Roldan’s father, Charles Roldan.
Roldan died Wednesday, Fisher said. Further information on the other occupants was not made available.
In addition to listing the multiple injuries and surgeries his boys endured, Charles Roldan said he was not able to visit his sons because of COVID-19 restrictions.
There was no word if any of the eight people involved in the wreck wore a seat belt.
Southern said all three people inside the SUV were also hospitalized, and there is no word on their conditions.
The driver of the pickup truck, Arcenio A. Perez-Maldonado, was not hurt but was arrested that night, according to Southern.
Perez-Maldonado was charged with felony DUI causing great bodily injury, an open container of beer or wine in a motor vehicle, and transport alcohol in motor vehicle with seal broke, jail records show. The 33-year-old Gaston resident’s bond was set at $100,465 on the combined charges, and he remains behind bars at the Lexington County Detention Center, according to jail records.
Following Roldan’s death, Perez-Maldonado was also charged with one count of felony DUI resulting in death, Southern said. No bond has been set on that charge.
“Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Mr. Roldan,” the coroner’s office said.
The collision continues to be investigated by Highway Patrol.
Through Wednesday afternoon, 94 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2021, according to the Department of Public Safety.
There have been at least seven people killed in Lexington County crashes this year, DPS data shows.
Overall, 1,025 people died on South Carolina roads in 2020, DPS reported.
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This story was originally published February 11, 2021 at 10:34 AM.
