Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died after a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Wescott Road and Bush River Road in Columbia shortly before 4 p.m. on Thursday, in Lexington County.

According to Fisher, Ms. Jennifer Oneal Cassidy, 49, of Columbia was turning onto Bush River Road when she was struck by a vehicle traveling southbound on Bush River Road. Ms. Cassidy, who was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision, was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead due to the injuries sustained in the collision. The driver of the other vehicle, who was wearing their seatbelt, was not injured in the collision.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol continues to investigate the incident