The South Carolina Highway Patrol says that an SUV and a car crashed on Saturday, killing one person and hurting three more.
The accident took place in Laurens County around 5:40 p.m., according to Lance Cpl. Brittany Glover.
Glover says that both a 2004 Chevrolet Blazer and a 2015 Chrysler 300 were going south on I-385. Glover said that the Chrysler hit the Chevy at the 13-mile mark on I-385, which sent the SUV off the right side of the road and into a guardrail.
Glover says the driver of the Chevy died at the scene.
The Laurens County Coroner’s Office has not made the driver of the Chevy public.
Glover said that the Chrysler had three people inside. All three were hurt and were taken to a hospital nearby. It was not possible to get more information about their situations.
There were no other injuries recorded.
No one who was in the accident was said to be wearing a seat belt.
There was no information known about what caused the two cars to crash, but the Highway Patrol is still looking into it.
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety says that as of June 23, at least 447 people had died on the state’s roads in 2024. DPS said that 1,030 people died in crashes in South Carolina last year.
DPS records show that at least 10 people have died in crashes in Laurens County in 2024.
Source: The State
