Three killed, another person injured when car flips over near SC road, cops say
Three people were killed and another was seriously injured Saturday when a car hit a utility pole and flipped over in an early-morning crash, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.
The single-vehicle collision happened at about 6:30 a.m. on Indian Branch Road in Darlington County, according to Master Trooper David Jones.
A 2008 Dodge Charger was driving west on Indian Branch Road when it ran off the right side of the road, where it crashed into the utility pole and overturned, Jones said.
Darlington County Coroner J Todd Hardee said that three men died at the scene, WCTI reported. Hardee said Darlington residents Canado Campos, 42, Aaron Morales, 49, and Juan Valencia, 46, were the men killed in the crash, according to WMBF.
Another passenger suffered serious injuries in the wreck and was taken to an area hospital, Jones said. Further information on that passenger’s condition was not available.
No other injuries were reported.
There was no word if any of the occupants involved in the crash wore a seat belt, or which of the men was driving the car.
Information on what caused the car to veer off the road was not available, but the crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.
Through Thursday, 197 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2022, according to the Department of Public Safety. Last year, 1,192 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least nine people have been killed in Darlington County crashes in 2022, according to DPS. There were 22 deaths there last year, DPS data shows.
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This story was originally published March 27, 2022 at 10:11 AM.
