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One person is dead in a morning collision in Aiken.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety said the driver, who has not been identified, was traveling east on Abbeville Avenue just before 9 a.m. when he failed to yield right to a vehicle traveling south on Laurens Street.
The driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, died as a result of injuries. No one else was injured in the crash.
Laurens Street between Abbeville and Edgefield avenues remains closed while police continue their investigation.
A 19-year-old man was killed in a crash Monday night near a Triad wastewater treatment plant.
Aaron Scott Bean of Thomasville died in the crash around 8:50 p.m. on Baptist Childrens Home Road in front of the city's wastewater treatment plant.
Bean was going south on Baptist Childrens Home Road when his 1996 Honda Civic went off the road, spun sideways and hit a utility pole, Thomasville police said. The car then went airborne and rolled, police said.
Bean was pronounced dead at the scene.
A driver was killed, and a passenger was injured in a Laurens County wreck Wednesday night.
According to South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers, the incident at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday on SC 56, about one mile outside Clinton.
Troopers say a 2013 Dodge was traveling south on SC 56, when the driver went off the right side of the road, down an embankment, struck a tree and overturned.
The 73-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Joshua Parker,23, was a passenger in that vehicle and was transported to Self Regional for his injuries.
Two people were killed early Wednesday morning during a high-speed chase with a deputy from the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office.
The Darlington County Coroner identified the victims as 27-year-old Amberly McKenzie Hunnicutt and 23-year-old Tyler Evans Terry, both of Hartsville.
Hunnicutt and Terry were in a car that was in the early stages of being pursued when their vehicle struck the Black Creek Bridge on Old Camden Road, flipped onto its roof and was then struck by the pursuing cruiser, Darlington County Sheriff Wayne Byrd said.
A 60-year-old man is dead after he stepped into a highway, according to the Greenville County coroner.
The coroner stated that James Melvin stepped into Highway 253 at 10 p.m. Wednesday and was hit by a Ford Expedition.
This happened near Leone Avenue, the coroner said.
Jaclyn Pobiega, 36, killed, after a two-car crash on Doby Bridge Road near Fort Mill in York County.
Emergency officials responded to a car accident on a South Carolina highway Tuesday afternoon.
The wreck happened just before 6:30 on Doby Bridge Road near Highway 521 in Fort Mill.
A woman, later identified as 36-year-old Jaclyn Pobiega, was killed in the crash.
Officials have not said what may have led to the accident or released any other names involved.