Troopers: 1 dead, 2 injured in Orangeburg tractor-trailer crash
Published: Oct. 5, 2022 at 6:38 PM EDT
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a Wednesday morning crash that left one person dead and two others injured.
It happened on Five Chop Road near Creekmeadow Circle at 5:40 a.m.
A 2006 Lexus traveling east on Creekmeadow Circle and a 2000 Peterbilt tractor-trailer traveling south on Five Chop Road made contact, according to LCpl. Tyler Tidwell
The driver of the Lexus died, Tidwell said. Meanwhile, the driver of the tractor-trailer and the passenger of the Lexus were taken to the hospital.
The Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office has not yet released the name of the victim.
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