Driver dies after three-vehicle crash in Lexington County, SC cops say
Days after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash, a driver died in a hospital in Columbia, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The three-vehicle collision happened Feb. 20 in Lexington County, Master Trooper William Bennett said Tuesday.
The driver of a 2023 Nissan SUV died Monday while being treated at Prisma Health Richland hospital, according to Bennett.
At about 7:20 a.m. last Friday, the Nissan was driving west on U.S. 378, Bennett said. As the Nissan was turning left onto Spring Hill Road it was hit on its passenger side by a 2021 Ford pickup truck that was driving east on U.S. 378, according to Bennett. That’s near the Lexington side of Lake Murray.
After that initial collision, the Ford then hit a 2019 Cadillac SUV that was driving north on Spring Hill Road and turning right onto U.S. 378, Bennett said.
While the Nissan driver was taken to the Columbia hospital, neither the Ford driver nor the three people in the Cadillac were hurt, according to Bennett. No other injuries were reported.
The Lexington County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the Nissan driver.
There was no word if anyone involved in the wreck was wearing a seatbelt, but the crash continues to be investigated by the Highway Patrol.
Through Sunday, 93 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2026, according to the state Department of Public Safety. A minimum of 914 people were killed in collisions in South Carolina in 2025, DPS data shows.
At least nine people have died in Lexington County crashes this year, and 40 people died in wrecks there in 2025, according to DPS data.
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