I-20
Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the person who died in a two car collision near the 53 mile marker of Interstate 20 westbound in the Lexington area of Lexington County at approximately 1:50 A.M. on Sunday. According to Fisher, Mr. Brian Francis Vyhnal, 55, of Hephzibah, Georgia was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-20 when he collided head-on with an SUV near the 53 mile […]
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One person died Saturday after a collision, around 4 p.m., on Fish Hatchery Road about four miles north of Pelion, near SC 6. A 2006 Saab sedan, with a driver from Lexington, was traveling south on Fish Hatchery Road, said Lt. Mitchell Ridgeway of the SC Highway Patrol. A 2007 Chevy van, with a driver […]
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SCDOT has opened a new westbound ramp from U.S. 1 (Augusta Road) onto Interstate 20 at West Columbia in Lexington County. Following the recent construction of the new ramp, traffic was detoured off of the old loop ramp during an overnight traffic operation that was completed Wednesday morning. The old loop lamp will remain permanently closed. […]
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A Columbia man is accused of trafficking fentanyl after his arrest Monday near Interstate 20. Jakob Regan Dator, 20, is charged with trafficking fentanyl, 28 grams or more, according to an arrest warrant. “Lexington County narcotics agents stopped Dator Monday on the I-20 on-ramp at Sunset Boulevard,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “Agents found […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department issued an announcement late Wednesday night saying Cecil Wise, 67, left her Lexington County home Tuesday. She was found safe.
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On I-20 Westbound, in Richland County near Columbia, the Exit 64B ramp onto I-26 Westbound will close starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, April 28. The ramp will reopen by 6 a.m. on Monday, May 1. The temporary planned closure will allow contractors to perform ramp tie-in construction for the Carolina Crossroads Phase 2 project. […]
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Lexington Police officers are assisting the South Carolina Highway Patrol with a collision investigation on South Lake Drive (SC-6) at I-20 involving several vehicles, early Wednesday morning. One vehicle involved was pushed down an embankment, according to the LPD. Outbound lanes of South Lake Drive were closed around 5 a.m. and police asked drivers to […]
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This caused long lines of traffic on the streets leading into Cayce, West Columbia and Columbia when the Northbound lanes of I-77 were closed in March. Local drivers are instructed by the SCDOT to take local roads and streets as a detour. Interstate drivers are instructed to stay on I-26 and I-20 and get back […]
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