Carolina Accident News

A tragic accident in Aiken County, SC on Sunday, February 28, left a motorcyclist dead after a collision with a Buick.

Officials say the accident happened on Williston Road in Beech Island, around 1 PM. Daniel W. Fenn, 47, of Warrenville, was heading east on Williston Road on a 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle. A 2010 Buick 4-door turned off Woodcrest Place into the bike’s path, causing the motorcycle to crash into the front driver area of the SUV. Sadly, Fenn … Read more

A rear-end collision early Thursday morning, February 25, left one person dead in Darlington, SC.

South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) says they responded to the accident on Interstate 20 near mile marker 133 shortly after 1 AM. A 2005 Pontiac Vibe and a 2020 Jeep Utility were both driving east on I-20 when the Jeep hit the rear of the Pontiac. This collision sent both vehicles off the right side of the road. 

The Pontiac then crashed into a tree. … Read more

A Lumberton, NC crash involving three vehicles resulted in one death and left two more people injured on Thursday, March 4.

Authorities with the North Carolina Highway Patrol (NCHP) say the accident happened around 7:20 on Thursday evening, about two-tenths of a mile west of Covington Farm Road. A 2018 Chevrolet car and a 1996 Saturn were both heading west on N.C. 20. The Chevrolet, driven by Maurice Williams of St. Pauls, was behind the Saturn.

Sergeant Locklear of the … Read more

A six-car wreck on I-26 on Monday, March 9, left one man dead and another person injured.

Authorities say the accident happened in Berkeley County, SC when six cars were driving on I-26. A 2018 freightliner hit a 2020 Chevy Malibu in the rear, which resulted in the Chevy Malibu striking a 2012 Ford van and the rear of a 2013 Peterbilt. Meanwhile, the 2018 freightliner then crashed into a 2019 Nissan Altima. The Nissan Altima then struck a 2020 … Read more

A single-vehicle wreck in Abbeville, SC on January 23 left one person dead, and another in jail on DUI charges.

Authorities say the crash happened around midnight. 21-year-old Kaityln Kellet was driving on Suber Rd. in Abbeville County when her vehicle, a 2007 Jeep Wrangler, crossed the center line. Kellet then overcorrected, sending the Jeep off the right side of the roadway. There it hit a ditch and a fence before overturning.

Sadly the Jeep’s passenger, Gabriel C. Smith, 21, … Read more

A Horry County resident has died following a tragic crash where a car turned in front of his motorcycle near the 4000 block of Holmestown Road.

Officials say the accident happened around 12:15 PM on January 30. A motorcycle driven by Timothy Hurney, 20, was moving east on Holmestown Road. A Passat attempted to turn onto Holmestown from Edenborough Drive and crossed the bike’s path. Hurney was unable to stop in time and hit the driver’s side of the car. … Read more

A community across the state of South Carolina is mourning the loss of Jessica Munyon, an SC Whitmore school teacher, who died in a Spartanburg County crash on Wednesday, February 10.

Authorities say Munyon’s car vehicle was hit by another car fleeing law enforcement officers. Sadly, Munyon was later pronounced dead from severe injuries suffered in the crash.

A news release said a South Carolina Highway Patrol deputy had tried to stop the driver who hit Munyon’s car, but he … Read more

A February 14 collision on King Street in Charleston, SC, left one woman dead, and a driver arrested on DUI charges the next day.

Authorities say the crash happened around 10:22 PM in front of a local tavern. Anthony Francis Troiani, 22, was driving a silver Buick Lucerne north on King when he hit an adult pedestrian, later identified as Hannah Carpenter, 23, of Florence. Carpenter was taken to a local hospital, where she, unfortunately, died a few hours later.… Read more

An accident in Pickens County, SC, left one person dead, another injured, and a driver charged on several counts.

Authorities say the crash happened Friday at 7:50 PM, on SC-183 near Hitt Road. An Oldsmobile driven by Shaun Kilgore, 51, of Pickens, attempted to turn left onto a private drive in front of a 2013 Cadillac SUV traveling North on SC-183. The Cadillac struck the Oldsmobile.

Sadly, one of three passengers in the Oldsmobile was injured and was taken to … Read more

A fatal motorcycle crash happened on Hester Store Road in Pickens County, SC, on Saturday, February 20.

Authorities say that Jonathan Paul Gilmer, 47, was driving a 2001 Honda motorcycle west on Hester Store Road when a woman driving a 1997 Ford pickup truck attempted to cross the road in front of him. The pickup hit the bike, and Gilmer was ejected from the motorcycle. Sadly, he was severely injured and died at the scene.

Unfortunately, this sort of situation … Read more