South Carolina man killed when car hits telephone pole and trees, coroner say
A South Carolina man was killed in an overnight crash, according to the Pickens County Coroner’s Office.
Brandon Michael Lollis, a 27-year-old Central resident, died in the wreck, Coroner Andrew Wilson said Sunday in a news release.
At about midnight Sunday, members of the Pickens County EMS and Liberty Area Fire District responded to the area near 949 Stewart Gin Road, in Liberty, where a crash was reported, according to the release.
At the scene, the emergency responders found a single-vehicle collision, the coroner’s office said.
Lollis was driving south toward the intersection with Stancil Road when the vehicle ran off the left side of Stewart Gin Road, the coroner’s office said. The vehicle crashed into a telephone pole and numerous trees, according to the release.
Lollis, who was not wearing a seat belt, suffered multiple blunt force injuries and died at the scene, the coroner’s office said.
No other injuries were reported.
Information about what caused the vehicle to veer off the road was not available, but Wilson said the collision is being investigated by his office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Through April 27, at least 251 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 four people have died in Pickens County crashes in 2025, according to DPS data. There were 17 deaths in the county in 2024, DPS reported.
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