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Date: 
Tuesday, April 7, 2015

An Anderson County deputy spotted a stolen vehicle on Highway 28 at around 1:45 p.m. and began to pursue it. The driver of the stolen vehicle was able to successfully force the deputy off the road during the pursuit, causing the deputy to crash into an embankment. The suspect continued from there until crashing into a home on Boston Drive. The incident is still under investigation. Both the officer and the suspect were taken to a hospital for an evaluation.

Date: 
Friday, March 27, 2015

A police officer was responding to a crash at around 8 p.m. in Greenville when a man involved in the initial accident got into the officer's police cruise and drove off. The cruiser was spotted a short time later and officers pursued it. the man lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into a brick wall. He died at the scene.

Date: 
Thursday, August 28, 2014
The victim in a wreck early Thursday morning was trying to cross Augusta Road on foot when he was struck by a Greenville County Sheriff's deputy, authorities said. The wreck is being treated as two separate collisions, he said. The deputy struck the pedestrian and then two other cars collided after the initial wreck. Peaches Butler glanced out her apartment window when she saw flashing lights just after 5:35 a.m. At once, she feared the worst. "They needed that light here," Butler said. "I bet you they'll put a light in now. I think if a light had been here...a light slows everybody down."