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LANCASTER — A Lancaster County man is dead after authorities say his car ran off the road, hitting a culvert pipe and overturning before he was thrown from the car early Sunday.

Otis Lamar Patterson, 44, died on the scene from massive injuries to his head and chest, said Lancaster...

ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill motorcyclist died Saturday evening after he ran off the road and was thrown from his bike, officials say.

At about 6:35 p.m., Bobby Ray Hammond was traveling north on Barringer Road, three miles south of Rock Hill, when he ran off the left side...

YEMASSEE, S.C. — The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate 95 and died after landing in front of a tractor-trailer.

Troopers say the fatal incident happened Sunday evening near the Jasper County community of Yemassee. Southbound traffic on I-95...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Two men face charges in connection with aiding a driver in the March 1 hit-and-run death of an Elgin man, the S.C. Highway Patrol reported Saturday.

Fabian Rosales, 24, of Elgin and Jesus Cabal, 26, of Columbia both are charged with accessory after the fact for...

RICHLAND COUNTY — The 18-year-old driver of a BMW that crashed early Friday morning on Shallow Brook Road in Richland County, killing his 16-year-old brother, was intoxicated, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Cameron Stringfellow, of Columbia, is being charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, patrol...

Helicopters were called to assist emergency officials on the scene of two crashes in Lancaster County Saturday afternoon, according to emergency dispatchers.

The first crash is listed as a collision with injuries on S.C. 97, or Cedar Creek Road, in southern Lancaster County near the Catawba River, according to...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Authorities have recovered the body of a fisherman but are looking for two other people missing after weekend accidents on the water in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury says the body of 57-year-old Robert Allen Andrews of Goose Creek was found by a...

ROCK HILL — A southbound lane of Interstate 77 at mile marker 72 in York County is blocked for an extended time after a double fatal crash involving a tractor trailer.

Drivers should expect delays. It may be mid-day before the scene is clear.

The driver and...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — The Lexington County Coroner’s office has identified a teenager killed in the one-vehicle accident on I-20 westbound on Saturday afternoon.

Matthew Lawrence Johnson, 16, of Columbia, was killed when an SUV carrying eight people on I-20 blew a tire, ran off the road and overturned several...

LANCASTER — Two people are dead after car crashes on major highways in both Lancaster and Chester counties Monday evening, authorities say.

In Lancaster County at about 5:10 p.m., a Kershaw man, 62, driving a 2007 Chevrolet pickup and wearing a seat belt was driving north on U.S. 601 when...