Two people killed and two more injured in crashes separated by hours, SC cops say
Two people were killed and two more were injured in unrelated crashes in the same South Carolina county separated by less than 3 hours over the weekend, according to officials.
The crashes happened late Saturday night and early Sunday morning in Berkeley County, said Cpl. Lena Butler of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The first wreck involved an ATV that collided with an SUV at about 10 p.m. Saturday, according to Butler.
Steward Simpson, a 39-year-old from Summerville, was driving a Yamaha Raptor ATV, Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell said.
Simpson was the only person on the ATV that was driving south on S.C. 27/Old Gilliard Road, and near the intersection with Stonehenge Road it collided with a 2008 Honda CRV, according to Butler.
Simpson died at the scene in what Hartwell called an accident.
The SUV driver, who was the only person in the Honda, was hurt and taken to an area hospital, Butler said. Further information on the SUV driver’s condition was not available.
There was no word if either Simpson or the SUV driver were wearing safety restraints.
A couple hours later there was another deadly wreck in Berkeley County, about 17 miles away.
At about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a pickup truck, a car and another SUV collided near the intersection of Treeland Drive and Tall Pines Road, according to Butler.
Jessica Lambon, a 36-year-old Goose Creek resident, died at the scene, Hartwell said.
Lambon was driving a 2022 Toyota Corolla west on Treeland Drive, and was the only person in the car, according to Butler. The Toyota collided with a 2021 GMC Sierra pickup and a 2010 Cadillac Escalade SUV, that were both driving east on Treeland Drive, Butler said.
The SUV driver, who was the only person in the Cadillac, was hurt and taken to an area hospital, according to Butler. Further information on the Cadillac driver’s condition was not available.
Butler said neither the driver nor the passenger in the pickup were hurt, and no other injuries were reported.
There was no word if anyone involved in the Sunday morning crash was wearing a seat belt.
Information about what led to both of the crashes was not available, but both wrecks continue to be investigated by the Highway Patrol and coroner’s office.
Through March 16, at least 130 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2025, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Last year, at least 948 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least nine people have died in Berkeley County crashes in 2025, according to DPS data. There were 32 deaths in the county in 2024, DPS reported.
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