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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A woman has died after being hit by two vehicles, according to the Greenville County coroner. Troopers said the incident happened on White Horse Road at Old White Horse Road at 2:18 a.m. Adrian S. Smith, 27, died at the scene from blunt force trauma to the chest.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A man has died after he lost control of his car in Greenville County Wednesday morning, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers. The wreck happened at 4:45 a.m. on Fork Shoals Road near McKelvey Road, troopers said. The Greenville County coroner identified the man as 27-year-old Aaron Robert Carlberg of Simpsonville. The coroner said Carlberg was not wearing his seat belt when his car left the roadway and went up an embankment before hitting several trees. The vehicle overturned and Carlberg was partially ejected.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
A mother has been charged with driving under the influence after her two young children were killed in a car crash, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Troopers said Melissa Patton, 32, is charged with two counts of felony driving under the influence and driving under suspension. According to troopers, Patton was driving a car at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday on Wells Highway when the car traveled off the road, hit a church sign and overturned.
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Monday, December 30, 2013
The Cherokee County Coroner said a 50-year-old Union woman was killed in a single vehicle collision near Gaffney on New Years Eve. Fowler identified the victim as Ruth Ann Allman Magner of 167 Magner Drive. "Mrs. Magner was traveling south on South Carolina Highway 18 when she lost control of the 2008 Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck she was driving at 8:08 p.m Tuesday near the intersection of Dawkins Road. The truck ran off the right side of the roadway, down an embankment and struck a tree on the driver's side. Mrs. Magner was pronounced dead at the scene," Fowler said.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
A husband and wife are dead after a three-vehicle accident near Simpsonville Monday night, according to the Highway Patrol and Greenville County Coroner’s Office. Leanna Carolina Turner, 23, and her husband Samad Fard Muhammad Turner, 30, were killed after their vehicle collided with a pick-up truck head-on on Fairview Road around 10:40 p.m. Samad Turner was the driver, and Leanna Turner was the passenger in the 2008 Nissan. Both were wearing seatbelts, according to the Greenville County Coroner.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
A single-vehicle wreck killed one person on Christmas Day. South Carolina Highway Patrol said a motorist died after a crash on S.C. 66 just after 6 p.m. Wednesday. Troopers said a pickup truck ran off the right side of the road, hit a sign and a guide wire, overturned and hit a tree. Authorities said the crash trapped the driver. The driver was removed from the car, taken to Laurens County Medical Center and pronounced dead. The coroner has not released the victim’s identity.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

Mauldin investigators said they are searching for witnesses who can help piece together a fatal wreck that killed one and injured two others Monday.

A police detective said the accident happened just after 9 a.m. on West Butler Road between West Pointe Boulevard and Whatley Circle.

The collision involved a white box truck, a Chrysler Pacifica and a Subaru Outback, police said.

Two of the drivers were transported to the hospital, and it’s still unclear what caused the crash.

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Authorities said a woman was killed following a police chase that ended with gunfire in Anderson on Friday.
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Anderson City Police said officers responded to a call about a shoplifter at the Kohl’s on Clemson Boulevard.

The coroner stated that a passenger hopped out of the suspect car during a traffic stop, and the driver, Sharon McDowell, 49, of Anderson, fled, leading police on a chase to Appleton Street, where she turned into a dirt drive.

The driver put the car in reverse and started ramming into the officers’ car.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating an accident that sent a teen driver to the hospital.

Troopers said the accident happened shortly after 5 p.m. on Tigerville Road near Langley Road, near Travelers Rest Thursday.

Troopers said a 15-year-old was headed south on Tigerville Road when he ran off the road, overcorrected and ran off the other side, hitting a tree and power pole.

North Greenville Fire said a couple of people driving by were able to stop and pull the teen out of the car.

The teen was airlifted to a hospital.

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Friday, December 13, 2013

One person was killed in a collision Saturday involving an SUV and a pickup truck in Spartanburg County.
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The crash happened around 12:45 p.m. on Walnut Grove Road.

The driver of the pickup was killed, authorities said.

The driver and passenger in the SUV were hospitalized.

Their condition was not released.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.