Driver killed when car and pickup truck crash on SC road, Highway Patrol says
One person was killed and two others were injured Sunday when a car collided with a pickup truck on a Midlands road, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The two-vehicle collision happened at about 4:35 p.m. in Sumter County, said Master Trooper Gary Miller.
A 2015 Toyota Camry was driving north on S.C. 527, and when the car came to the intersection with U.S. 378 it disregarded a stop sign, according to Miller. The car collided with a 2003 Chevrolet pickup that was driving east on U.S. 378, Miller said.
The Toyota driver died while the driver and a front-seat passenger in the pickup were injured and taken to an area hospital, according to Miller. Further information on the conditions of the people in the pickup was not available.
The Sumter County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the Toyota driver.
There was no word if any of the people involved in the wreck were wearing seat belts.
This was the second death from a crash in Sumter County that was reported Sunday.
A passenger who was involved in a March 15 collision died at Prisma Health Richland hospital, Cpl. Tyler Tidwell said at about 11 p.m.
That crash victim has not been publicly identified by the coroner’s office.
The victim was a passenger in a 2011 Kia that was driving south on Patriot Parkway and hit the rear of a 2013 Ford that was stopped in traffic near the intersection with Louella Lane, Tidwell said. After the collision, the Kia ran off the right side of the road, according to Tidwell.
The Kia passenger was taken to Prisma Health Tuomey before being airlifted to the hospital in Columbia, according to Tidwell.
Neither the driver of the Kia nor any of the six occupants in the Ford were hurt, Tidwell said.
Through March 19, at least 184 people have died on South Carolina roads in 2023, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Last year, 1,081 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least nine people have died in Sumter County crashes in 2023, according to DPS data. Last year, 29 deaths were reported in the county, DPS reported.
