DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A 33-year-old West Columbia man died Tuesday afternoon following a crash along I-95. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Dorchester County deputies responded to the crash site near mile marker 77, about a mile north of St. George, around 2:50 p.m. Officials said a pickup truck ran off […]
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A 33-year-old West Columbia man died Tuesday afternoon following a crash along I-95.
Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Dorchester County deputies responded to the crash site near mile marker 77, about a mile north of St. George, around 2:50 p.m.
Officials said a pickup truck ran off the right side of the interstate, hit a cable barrier, and then collided with several trees.
Dorchester County Coroner Paul Brouthers said the driver, Dustin Whaley, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4 p.m. He will undergo an autopsy at the Medical University of South Carolina on Friday.
Whaley was the only occupant in the pickup truck.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol and Dorchester County Coroner’s Office are investigating.