Two dead, one injured in fatal Lancaster County morning wreck: SCHP
LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — S.C. Highway Patrol reported a single-vehicle wreck that claimed the lives of two people Friday morning.
Authorities said the fatal wreck occurred on S.C. 9 near Roy Carnes Road around 5:10 a.m.
Passengers in a 2016 Infinity Q50 vehicle traveled west on Pageland Highway (S.C. 9) when it left the road on the right side. The car hit a mailbox and utility pole before overturning.
The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office listed 22-year-old Ty’Kezius Benson and 21-year-old Dareon Steward as the deceased men. Benson died at the scene, while Steward died at MUSC-Lancaster.
Emergency personnel took another passenger in the back seat by helicopter to a Charlotte trauma center. The person’s condition was unknown at the time of this report.
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The wreck scene was approximately nine miles east of Lancaster.
South Carolina Highway Patrol and Lancaster County Coroner’s Office are investigating the wreck.
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