Blog Category Carolina Accident News

A wrong way crash in York County, SC left four people dead on Sunday, October 10.

South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) reports that the crash happened around 12:30 AM on Sunday along I-77 by the 80-mile marker. A sedan with three occupants was moving north when it was hit by a second vehicle that was heading south in the northbound lanes. 

Sadly, all three people in the northbound car were pronounced dead at the scene. An unrestrained front-seat passenger in … Read more

One person is dead and another injured in Mt. Pleasant, SC after their vehicle was struck by a speeding Porsche on Monday, October 4.

Authorities say the accident happened on I-26 around 1 AM. A 2004 Porsche was heading eastbound at a high rate of speed when it rear-ended a Nissan. According to an arrest warrant, the Porsche’s driver, 26-year-old Xavier Rosado, then fled the scene of the accident on foot. About twenty minutes later, he called police to report … Read more

An Alamance County, NC crash involving a Moped and a Chevrolet truck left the Moped driver dead on Friday, October 1.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol reports that troopers were called to a crash around 6:51 AM on Union Ridge Road, north of Burlington. They say a Moped driven by Tessa Cress, 27, of Burlington, was moving south on Union Ridge Road. Then a Chevrolet truck made a left turn across the centerline of the road and directly into the … Read more

A head-on collision in Spartanburg, SC, left a Landrum man dead on Monday, September 27.

Authorities say the accident occurred around 1:22 p.m. on SC 14 near Owl Nest Road. A Ford pickup truck was moving Eastbound on SC 14 when it crossed over the center line and hit a Lotus coupe head-on. The Lotus’ driver, Len Foongpeng, 69, of Landrum, was seriously injured and was airlifted to a local hospital, where he later died.

The Ford’s driver was taken … Read more

A Fort Mill, SC man is dead after his motorcycle was rear-ended in Lancaster County, SC on Thursday, September 30.

Authorities say the accident happened around 11:50 p.m. on U.S. 521 near Edgewater Corporate Parkway in the Indian Land area. Ronald Hamilton, Jr, 41, of Fort Mill, was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle south on U.S. 521. A 2015 Acura Sedan was moving in the same direction when the Sedan rear-ended the motorcycle. Sadly, Hamilton was thrown from the motorcycle, and … Read more

A tragic accident on September 25 left one food production worker injured at a Fayetteville, NC plant that already suffered two fatalites in an unrelated accident on September 12. 

The first concerning workplace accident happened on September 12. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said that two employees were found unresponsive at the Valley Proteins plant around 1:30 PM, and the building was evacuated as Hazmat crews were called to the scene. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the deaths.… Read more

 A motorcyclist in Greer, SC, is dead after a minivan turned in front of the bike on Thursday, September 23.

Authorities report that the accident happened around 6 PM. An initial investigation showed that the motorcyclist was moving north on East Wade Hampton Boulevard when a minivan attempted to cross the same road. This caused the motorcyclist, 23-year-old Danny Eugene Hiers III of Greenville, to hit the front driver’s side of the minivan. Sadly, Hiers was later pronounced dead from … Read more

A Berkeley County, SC accident involving a pickup truck and a four wheeler left one person dead and another arrested on DUI charges on Thursday, September 23.

Authorities say the crash happened on SC-45 Thursday night around 8:00 PM. Chad Weiss, 37, was traveling south on SC-45 when he hit a four-wheeler with his 2004 Ford F-150. Sadly, the driver of the four-wheeler was pronounced dead at the scene, according to SC Troopers.

Weiss fled the scene, but officers later … Read more

One woman is dead and three others injured after a crash in Greenville County, SC on Wednesday, September 15.

Authorities say the accident occurred just before 6:00 PM on Old Pelzer Road near McMahan Mill Road. A pickup truck crossed over the centerline on Old Pelzer Road and crashed into a car head-on. Sadly, the driver of that car, Christine Harrison Walker, 59, of Piedmont, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two passengers in her car and the pickup’s driver … Read more

A car crash in Taylorsville, NC, on September 14 left one person dead and another critically injured.

Authorities say the accident happened on NC 16 in Alexander County, near the Catawba County line around 1:45 PM, when a 2002 Dodge Durango crossed the centerline and struck a 1992 Toyota Camry head on.  Steve Ray Yoder, 73, of Hickory, was driving the Toyota and died from his injuries at the scene. A passenger in the Toyota was also rushed to an … Read more