Lexington Police Department

Lexington Police work 2-car collision on Chariot Street, Wednesday evening

The Lexington Police Department reported a crash on Chariot Street (between West Main Street and Hendrix Street) around 7 p.m. Wednesday. The street was closed due to a 2-car collision. One of the vehicles involved was overturned. Police asked drivers to please avoid the area. Emergency personnel were working to clear the road. LPD photo

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Crash results in portion of I-20 being closed down on Wednesday, with traffic diverted

Interstate 20 eastbound at the 61 mile marker was shut down, around 10 a.m. for a couple hours Wednesday after a multivehicle collision. The collision was on eastbound I-20, between Augusta Road (US-1) and Sunset Blvd. (US-378.) It resulted in the eastbound ramp being closed at Augusta Road. The ramp reopened around noon. Traffic was […]

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Driver fails to yield the right of way, police say, and it results in a crash on Sunset Boulevard

Lexington Police Department responded to a collision in the 4800 block of Sunset Blvd. (US-378) Thursday. The crash resulted in the closing of an outbound lane.All lanes were reopened. The wreck was caused by a driver failing to yield the right of way during a turn.

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Lexington Police say avoid Augusta Road Thursday morning because signal lights likely to be out near I-20

Message from Lexington Police Department: Those who usually use Augusta Road (US-1) as part of your morning commute are asked to consider an alternate route as signal lights are on flash in the area of I-20 and will likely be out as SCDOT begins work at 6:30 a.m. to fix the issue. LPD officers will […]

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Single-car crash results in DUI charge in Lexington

A single car collision was cleared from Old Chapin Road in Lexington overnight Wednesday, into Thursday morning. The driver of the vehicle that crashed was arrested for DUI and transported from the scene by EMS. Dominion Energy is scheduled to replace the damaged power pole involved in the wreck Thursday.

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Lexington Police work 2-car crash on Sunset Boulevard, Saturday

All lanes of Sunset Boulevard, near Walmart, were shut down Saturday around noon due to a 2-car collision. Emergency personnel were on the scene detouring drivers around the collision.All lanes were reopened. The cause of the collision was disregarding a traffic control device.

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3-car collision, with overturned vehicle, disrupts traffic flow in Lexington, Friday afternoon

Lexington Police were on the scene of a 3-vehicle collision crash in the 900 block of West Main Street at Topsider Court, around 3 Friday afternoon. One outbound lane was being diverted to the median to allow traffic to continue.

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Lexington Police respond to crash at the intersection of Sunset Blvd. and Old Cherokee Road

Lexington Police responded to a collision at the intersection of Sunset Blvd. (US-378) at Old Cherokee Road, Wednesday morning, before noon. Inbound lanes were closed. Drivers were being detoured onto Old Cherokee Road as first responders were on the scene. The road was cleared by 11 a.m. and the cause of the wreck was under […]

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