Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher

Lexington woman identified by coroner as the victim of Fish Hatchery Road head-on collision

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died as the result of a two-car collision in the 5000 block of Fish Hatchery Road in Lexington County at approximately 4 P.M., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mrs. Valerie Renee Dimick, 49, of Lexington was a passenger in an SUV traveling southbound on Fish Hatchery Road when the vehicle she was in was struck head-on by another vehicletraveling northbound.  Mrs. Dimick, who was wearing […]

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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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No injuries on body found in closed Lexington County motel, remains are unidentified, wearing Batman T-shirt, toxicology results pending

A body was found on Monday in a room of the Motel 6 on Burning Tree Drive in LexingtonCounty. The Motel has been closed permanently since March 1. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said that the body remains unidentified. The preliminary autopsy results found no apparent injuries and the death will remain pending toxicologyresults. The […]

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Body found in closed-down Motel 6 in Lexington County, had been there 2-3 weeks, identity unknown

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released information on a body that was found on shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday in a room of the Motel 6 on Burning Tree Drive in Lexington County. The Motel has been closed permanently since March 1 of 2023. Fisher states that the body of a male who […]

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Infant was killed in crash Sunday night, says Lexington County coroner

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher released information on the two-vehicle crash that took the life of a two month old infant boy. The crash occurred in the 6900 block of Edmund Hwy shortly after 9:00 P.M. on August 13, 2023 in Lexington County. Fisher states that a small SUV traveling westbound on Edmond Hwy toward […]

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Man who died after apprehension by Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is identified.

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the man who went unresponsiveafter he was apprehended by the Lexington County Sheriff Department during a warrant service onshortly after 1:30 P.M. in Lexington County, Thursday. Fisher stated that Mr. Bernice Junior Smith, III, 32, of Aiken, went unresponsive and wastransported by Lexington County Emergency […]

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Woman, age 70, dies in Lexington house fire, coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died at the scene of a house fire that occurred in the  500 block of Pleasant View Drive in Lexington shortly before 6:30 AM. on Saturday, Aug. 5. According to Fisher, Mrs. Shelia Denise Turner, 70, of Lexington, was pronounced dead at the scene. An […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies 21-year-old killed in crash

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a multi-vehicle collision in the 700 block of Old Charleston Road in the Pelion area of Lexington County at around noon on Monday. According to Fisher, Ms. Madison Taylor Hayden, 21, of Gaston was traveling northbound on Old Charleston Road when she struck […]

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