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A 77-year-old man was killed in a wreck Saturday, shortly after he left the funeral home where he paid final respects to his wife.
The Cherokee County Coroner said 77-year-old Elbert Clark Koon, of Gaffney died in a single vehicle motor vehicle collision Saturday.
The coroner said Koon was alone in the Nissan Frontier pickup truck that was headed north on Green River Road about 6:30 p.m.
Mr. Koon's wife, Mable Smith Koon, 74, died at their home on Friday. Elbert Koon had just finalized arrangements for his wife's Tuesday funeral before he crashed.
A wreck involving several cars backed up traffic for miles on Interstate 85 southbound Monday morning in Spartanburg County.
The wreck happened near the 62 mile marker, which is near the Highway 290 exit, at 6:25 a.m.
Troopers said a vehicle headed southbound hit the brakes due to traffic on the interstate.
That car was rear-ended which caused a chain reaction that ended up involving 11 cars, troopers said.
The driver of a 2012 Nissan Maxima was killed early Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident in Pickens County, according to the Highway Patrol.
The accident happened 1:40 a.m. on State 93 near Quarry Road, said a Highway Patrol spokesman.
The driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was traveling north and ran off the left side of the road striking a tree, he said.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.
Gay James 53, Charlie Beasley 11 months, killed when their car leaves roadway and crashes into tree.
A 53-year-old woman and her 11-month-old granddaughter were killed in a wreck Wednesday afternoon, according to the Abbeville County Coroner.
Gay James was driving on Highway 184 West, headed to Dixie High School to pick up two more of her grandchildren, when she lost control of her car, over-corrected and went off roadway and struck a tree. James, who was wearing her seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene, the coroner said.
A 61-year-old Greenville man was killed in an accident Tuesday morning on White Horse Road near Claxton Drive, authorities said.
The accident was reported at 8:27 a.m., according to the Highway Patrol.
The man’s identity was being withheld pending notification of family, said Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans.
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A Landrum High School student was killed in a late-night wreck in Spartanburg County, according to the Spartanburg County coroner.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened about 9:40 p.m. Monday on Landrum Mill Road.
The coroner identified the driver as 17-year-old Michael Collin Wessinger, who was driving home at the time of the accident.
Troopers say Wessinger's 2006 Ford Mustang was traveling west on Landrum Mill Road when it went off the right side of the road and struck a tree.