SC Highway Patrol

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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Woman dies after Lexington County motorcycle accident on I-77

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single-motorcycle accident at the 2-mile-marker of I-77 in the Cayce area of Lexington County at approximately 11:49 a.m. on Feb. 4. According to Fisher, Mrs. Tiffany Lee Livingston, 43, of Statesville, NC was the passenger on amotorcycle traveling northbound on I-77 when […]

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Pedestrian struck by vehicle and dies in Lexington, driver returns to the scene to report the accident

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident in the 800 block of Old Cherokee Road in the Lexington area of Lexington County, Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Steven Ezell Christopher, 51, of Lexington was walking westboundwhen a vehicle traveling westbound left the right side of […]

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Lexington man dies in Saturday motorcycle accident in the West Columbia area of Lexington County

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single-motorcycle accident in the 300 block of Shelton Road in the West Columbia area of Lexington County at approximately 8:15 p.m., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Jerome Lamar Stutts, 51, of Lexington was traveling westbound onShelton Road when he traveled off the […]

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