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One person has died after an accident that occured early Saturday morning in Lexington County, South Carolina. Police report that a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling on Old Charleston Highway at Canal Street at approximately 6:50 AM when it ran off the road and rolled over. The driver, who was the only occupant in the truck, was ejected from the vehicle. Officials report that the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The South Carolina Highway Patrol continues to investigate this accident. We will have more details on this tragic story as they emerge.
The vehicle was traveling north at about 11:40 p.m. on Congaree Road near Goodwin Road when it went left of center. Police report that the driver overcorrected, causing the car to overturn. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in the car. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.
Timothy Johnson, of Orangeburg, was killed, while the dump truck driver was uninjured. Johnson was not wearing a seat belt.
A man driving a vacuum sewage truck, along with his passenger, was hospitalized this morning after his truck hit a tree alongside U.S. Highway 378 E, just two miles from Highway 261.
Sgt. 1st Class John Jackson, U.S. Army Central plans noncommissioned officer in charge and Coolville, Ohio native, witnessed the accident as he was returning from an appointment at Fort Jackson at 9:30 a.m., and wasted no time providing first aid to the wounded driver and passenger, who lost his right leg below the knee in one vehicle accident.