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A 25-year-old man is dead after an accident near downtown Greenville, according to the Greenville County Coroner's Office.
Coroner Parks Evans said Kendrick Jamarkis Brockman died after he lost control of his Nissan Altima in the 1500 block of Main Street and hit several trees in the median.
The accident happened at 12:35 a.m. Friday.
Evans said the vehicle crossed over the median and landed in the southbound lane.
Brockman died at the scene from blunt force trauma to the head, Evans said.
Evans said Brockman was not wearing a seat belt.
The Cherokee County coroner says a 73-year-old Gaffney woman injured in a single motor vehicle collision last week has passed away.
The coroner identified the victim as Rachel Lail Smith.
According to the coroner, Smith was injured on the morning of April 17 when the SUV she was driving ran off the road and struck an embankment.
Smith was transported to Novant Health Gaffney Medical Center following the collision and later transferred to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Emergency crews responded after a train struck a truck in west Charlotte near uptown Wednesday.
The wreck happened on West Summit Avenue around 5 p.m.
One person, later identified as Guy Wiley, Jr., who was later issued a citation, was taken from the scene to an area hospital.
Medic said that person was seriously injured.
A truck could be seen on its side just off the railroad tracks and appeared to be heavily damaged. Debris could be seen scattered throughout the scene.
Officials have not released the name of the person who was injured.
A man died of his injuries following a single-vehicle crash in Winston-Salem Tuesday morning.
James Lamont Johnson Jr., 60, of Winston-Salem, died at the scene of the crash around 10:15 a.m. in the 3200 block of University Parkway near Reynolds Boulevard.
Johnson was driving a Ford Ranger south on University Parkway when he went off the right-side of the road and hit a tree, Winston-Salem police said. Police said they don't yet know why the Ranger went off the road.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol said one man died after a wreck in Pickens County Saturday at about 7:15 p.m.
The Pickens County Coroner identified the victims as 30-year-old Aaron Anthony Eskew of Anderson.
Troopers said a Kia Sorento traveling east on Queen Street near Clemson ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree. The driver and a passenger were transported to a hospital with injuries and Eskew died on the scene.
Kelley said Eskew was wearing a seat belt. He died of blunt force trauma, the coroner said.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a statement regarding a plane crash that occurred in the Riverside area of Kanawha County, WV.
"This is preliminary information about a Piper PA-32 aircraft that apparently crashed in eastern Kanawha Co., WV at about 4 p.m. EDT.
The flight departed Akron Fulton Intl. Airport in Ohio and was destined for Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport in SC. Two persons were on board.
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.