Car flips over into creek after running off SC road, killing driver, coroner says
A South Carolina man was killed in an overnight car crash on a Midlands area road, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said Monday.
Cody W. Jones, a 25-year-old from Warrenville, died at the scene, according to Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables.
The single-vehicle collision happened at about 8 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Augusta and Wilson roads in Aiken County, according to Lance Cpl. Nick Pye of the Highway Patrol. That’s in the Clearwater area, near the junction of U.S. 520 and S.C. 78.
A 2008 Honda sedan was heading south on Augusta Road when it ran off the right side of the road and flipped over, Pye said. The car came to rest in the Little Horse Creek, according to Ables.
Jones was pulled from the wreckage in the creek but never regained consciousness, Ables said.
There was no word if Jones wore a seat belt.
An autopsy in Newberry has been scheduled to determine a cause of death, according to Ables.
No other injuries were reported.
Information on what caused the Honda to veer off the road was not available, but the crash continues to be investigated by the Highway Patrol.
Through Friday afternoon, 623 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2021, state Department of Public Safety data shows.
At least 19 people have been killed in Aiken County crashes in 2021, DPS reported.
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This story was originally published August 9, 2021 at 8:46 AM.
