I-20

I-20 was shut down for a while, Wednesday after truck caught fire

Traffic was delayed on I-20 Westbound at the 42-mile marker (Marcellus Rd.) after the interstate was shut down, Thursday afternoon. The delay was due to a tractor-trailer on fire. Lexington County Fire crews responded to the incident, which was reported at 3 p.m. At 4 p.m., Lexington County Fire Service units were clearing the scene […]

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SCDOT announces traffic pattern change at Dooley Road and U.S. 1, near the I-20 Exit, in Lexington County

 SCDOT has implemented traffic pattern changes at the intersection of Dooley Road and U.S. 1 in Lexington County. This road work is part of the U.S. 1 over I-20 Interchange Improvement Project in Lexington County. A new left turn and a commercial driveway, providing access from Dooley Road to the Murphy Express and Bojangles, will open […]

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Overnight Detours Scheduled for I-20 at the Broad River Road Interchange (Mile Marker 65) beginning Monday

SCDOT will implement the following series of temporary, overnight closures of Interstate 20 traffic under the Broad River Road bridge (mile marker 65). During this time, I-20 traffic will be detoured across Broad River Road. Drivers can expect to experience a slowdown in traffic while these detours are in place. This work is part of […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies Georgia man killed in I-20 wrong-way collision

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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2 killed in separate accidents in Lexington County, Saturday and early Sunday morning

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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New westbound ramp opened from U.S. 1 (Augusta Rd.) onto I-20 in Lexington County

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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20-year-old charged with trafficking fentanyl, caught by Lexington County narcotics agents

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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Woman with medical conditions found safe

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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