One person killed in crash that left two others hospitalized, South Carolina cops say
One person died a week after a crash on a Midlands road where two other people were injured, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The death was reported Saturday by Cpl. Nick Pye.
The single-vehicle collision happened Nov. 13 in Sumter County, Pye said.
At about 8:15 a.m. on Nov. 13, a 2006 Honda sedan was driving east on Queen Chapel Road when it ran off the left side of the road near the intersection with Ebenezer Road, according to Pye. The Honda crashed into a tree then hit a fence, Pye said.
In addition to the driver, there were two passengers in the Honda, and all three were hospitalized, according to Pye. The passenger sitting in the back seat later died, Pye said.
The Sumter County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the passenger who died.
Further information on the conditions of the driver and the surviving passenger was not available.
There was no word if anyone in the car was wearing a seat belt.
Information about what caused the car to veer off the road was not available, but the wreck continues to be investigated by the Highway Patrol.
Through Nov. 17, at least 846 people have died on South Carolina roads in 2024, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Last year, 1,030 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least 18 people have died in Sumter County crashes in 2024, according to DPS data. There were 30 deaths reported in the county in 2023, DPS said.
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