SC Highway Patrol

Lexington County Coroner identifies woman killed after being struck by vehicle, driver fled the scene

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died in a vehicle vs.pedestrian accident in the 100 block of Hartley Quarter Road, in the Pelion area of Lexington County onSaturday, at approximately 7:10 P.M. According to Coroner Fisher, Ms. Madelein Lopez-Resendiz, 25, of Pelion was walking westbound onHartley Quarter Road when she was […]

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Lexington County emergency crews on the scene of an overturned gas tanker on I-20 on-ramp

The Lexington County Fire Service, South Carolina Highway Patrol, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, and Lexington County EMS were on the scene, Tuesday afternoon, of a gasoline tanker roll over. The overturned truck was blocking the entrance ramp onto I-20 eastbound from Pond Branch Road. There were no injuries and it was an active scene at […]

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Car ran off of North Lake Drive Wednesday, body discovered in Lake Murray on Friday, coroner identifies the person recovered

A car ran off of North Lake Drive early Wednesday morning and a Body was discovered in Lake Murray on Friday, according to Cpl. Nick Pye of he the SC Highway Patrol. Pye said a 2022 Dodge Charger was traveling west on North Lake Drive, near Lake Murray Boulevard, at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday. […]

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1 person is dead after truck runs into the back of a tractor-trailer on I-26 near construction area

A GMC truck ran into the rear of a tractor trailer, around 7:05 p.m., Tuesday according to Master Trooper Gary Miller of the SC Highway Patrol. The driver of the GMC truck died on the scene of the collision on I-26 eastbound near the 129 mile marker, in Lexington County. Miller said the tractor-trailer slowed […]

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Man dies from injuries sustained in a Lexington County motorcycle accident

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a motorcycle vs vehicle accident at Juniper Springs Road near Wire Road in the Gilbert area of Lexington County at approximately 8:30 p.m.. on Friday. According to Fisher, Mr. Christopher Lee Wingard, 39, of Leesville was traveling southbound on Juniper Springs Road when […]

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1 person dead, 3 injured, after multi-vehicle crash Wednesday morning that shut down I-20

A person who was attempting to reattach a trailer that came loose from a 2020 Dodge Ram was killed on I-20 Wednesday. The incident occurred in the eastbound lane of I-20 near Mile Marker 61 around 9:45 a.m., according to Master Trooper William Bennett of the SC Highway Patrol. There were 3 vehicles and a […]

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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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Tractor-trailer overturns on I-26 near Springdale, resulting in lane closures

An overturned tractor trailer resulted in the closing of the eastbound lanes of I-26, early morning, Tuesday, near mile marker 112. Eastbound traffic was detoured onto US 1 (Augusta Rd.) and US 378 (Sunset Blvd.)There was also another incident that slowed traffic on the other side of the interstate. Before 9 a.m. some lanes were […]

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