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Monday, January 27, 2014

A 17-year-old was killed late Tuesday afternoon in a car crash during the winter storm that hit the Upstate.

Marshall Taylor Park, of Greenville, was alone in the car when it crashed on Ashmore Bridge Road near Fowler Circle in Mauldin just before 5 p.m. He died at the scene, the coroner stated.

Park, who was wearing his seat belt, died from blunt force trauma, according to Evans.

The circumstances of the crash have not yet been released by police.

The crash remains under investigation by Mauldin police and the Greenville County Coroner's Office.

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

A man riding a bicycle in Greenville died in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday morning.

Authorities with the Greenville County Coroner's Office said Abraham Bookhart Jr., 33, of Greenville, was riding in the westbound lanes of Laurens Road when he was hit about 2:45 a.m.

Bookhart died at the scene.

Police said they were able to pull over a suspect in the crash, Damian Hughes, on Ridge Road.

Hughes faces a charge of hit-and-run involving death.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014
A Williamston woman died in surgery after being involved in a single-vehicle accident early Friday on Beaverdam Road, authorities said. Tracy Elbertson, 48, of 1602 Anderson Drive, died at 7:29 a.m. of multiple system failure, said the Anderson County Coroner. She was the driver of a 2004 Tahoe that went off the right side of Beaverdam Road about a mile north of Williamston at about 2:30 a.m., said the Highway Patrol. The Tahoe overturned and Elbertson was ejected, Rhyne said. She was not wearing a seat belt, he said.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A 32-year-old man was killed in a crash Thursday night. According to the highway patrol, the crash happened at 9:42 p.m. Thursday in the southbound lane of Interstate 85 at mile marker 102, which is in the Blacksburg city limits. To see pictures of the scene, click here. Troopers say a 2012 Dodge pick-up was traveling at a high rate of speed when it rear-ended a 1995 Mercury, overturned, and landed in the median. Both of the truck's occupants were ejected from the vehicle. Neither were wearing seat belts according to troopers.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Authorities say three people have died in a wreck caused by a 28-year-old woman who was drinking on her birthday and drove the wrong way on Interstate 77 in Fairfield County. Investigators said Takeya Taylor, of Columbia, was driving the wrong way around 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the southbound lanes of I-77 about five miles from Winnsboro when she hit another vehicle head on. The coroner's office said Taylor was killed, along with the driver of the other car, 48-year-old Lisa Jefferson, and one of her passengers, 46-year-old Wallace Green. A second passenger in the car remains in the hospital.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Three contract workers were injured Wednesday in an accident involving a crane inside a fenced-off construction area on the south side of Talley Student Center at N.C. State University, according to a university spokesman. The three men were taken for treatment to WakeMed Raleigh, according to a university spokesman. One reported a head injury, one reported a foot injury and one had back and neck pain, he said.
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Three men were killed in a single vehicle accident early Tuesday morning in High Point.

High Point police said it happened at the intersection of South Main St. and High Avenue at 12:15 a.m.

Police said the driver was identified as Edgar Jehovanni Ramos, 19. The passengers were identified as Etzel Martinez Cruz, 39 and Jose Louis Gonzalez-Delon, 29. The men were from High Point.

Authorities said an Audi crashed into a concrete wall at the Showplace West building. The vehicle split in two, and police said the victims died at the scene.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

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.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Police in Salisbury are investigating after pregnant woman was involved in a head-on crash that killed her unborn child. According to the Salisbury Police Department, officers were called to a crash along the 300 block of South Main Street near the intersection of West Horah St. around noon on Friday. Officers say a 2011 Chevrolet car and 2002 Ford pickup truck had struck head on. Witnesses told police that the driver of the Chevrolet, a pregnant woman, was driving left of center for about a block before the crash.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

A woman was killed in a car accident on the interstate Thursday evening, according to Charlotte firefighters.

The accident happened shortly before 9 p.m. on southbound I-77 near the North and South Carolina state line.

State Troopers stated that a woman was driving northbound on I-77 when she collided with a tractor trailer. Her vehicle flipped and came to rest on the southbound side of the interstate.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name has not been released.