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Crash kills 1 in Pickens Co.

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PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – One person died Wednesday morning in a crash in Liberty.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 7:25 a.m. on US 123 southbound at mile marker 10.

Troopers said a Honda SUV was traveling south when it lost control and hit the passenger side of a Kenworth dump truck.

The SUV then traveled off the side of the roadway, hit a tree and then another tree according to troopers.

The driver of the SUV died at the scene.

The Pickens County Coroner’s Office has not identified the victim at this time