Jeff Virgil Whitlock Jr. , 76, and Jarrett James Whitlock, 18, killed in rear-end collision with semi truck on Interstate 85 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Modified Date: 
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 3:23pm
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Two killed in crash on I-85, traffic backed up for miles, troopers say

Troopers said the two people in the Dodge pickup and the 52-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer got out of their vehicles. A second tractor-trailer then hit the Dodge pickup and the two people who got out, troopers said. 

Names released of two killed in I-85 crash south of Spartanburg

Troopers say the Whitlocks and the driver of the big rig exited their vehicles. The driver of a second tractor trailer then hit the back of the Dodge truck, which then hit the first semi-truck.

People Involved: 
Jeff Virgil Whitlock Jr.
Jarrett James Whitlock
Roadway: 
Interstate 85

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