South Carolina woman killed when pickup truck flips over and crashes, officials say

A woman was killed Wednesday when a pickup truck ran off a Lexington County road and crashed, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Riccy Noelia Menocal Rosales, a 31-year-old Barnwell resident, died in the accident, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said Sunday.

The single-vehicle collision happened Wednesday at about 12:15 p.m., said Master Trooper William Bennett of the Highway Patrol.

Menocal Rosales was driving a 1996 Nissan pickup north on Whetstone Road in the Swansea area when the truck ran off the right side of the road, according to Bennett. The pickup overcorrected and swerved back onto the road before running across all of the lanes and off the left side, Bennett said.

The pickup then flipped over and crashed into a tree, according to Bennett.

Menocal Rosales, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene, Fisher said.

Bennett said Menocal Rosales was the only person in the pickup, and no other injuries were reported.

Information about what originally caused the pickup to veer off the road was not available, but the crash continues to be investigated by the Highway Patrol and coroner’s office.

Through Wednesday, 129 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2024, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Last year, 999 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.

At least 10 people have died in Lexington County crashes in 2024, according to DPS data. There were 45 deaths reported in the county in 2023, DPS reported.

This story was originally published February 29, 2024 at 7:33 AM.

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