Early on Sunday morning, November 20, a Greenville man was in a fatal wreck.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 3.30 a.m. near the 7000 block of Augusta road. Wesley Drake, aged 26, was driving a 2002 Chevy Camaro northbound on Augusta Road when he struck a Toyota Tacoma, being driven southbound by a 36 year old, who had stopped in the median to make a left turn. Following the head on collision, the passenger in the Camaro and the driver of the Tacoma, who was wearing a seatbelt, were transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital with injuries by EMS

Drake, who lived on Henderson Avenue in Greenville, was not wearing a seat belt and was entrapped in the vehicle. He passed away at the scene.

The accident is still under investigation by the coroner’s office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

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On Friday October 14, there was a three-vehicle wreck which sent at least two people to the hospital.

According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol and Nash County Sheriff’s Office the accident happened shortly before 5 p.m. on N.C. 97. The cause of the accident was that a 2003 Infiniti being driven in the eastbound lane of the road, by 38 year old Altorrie Vick, of Rocky Mount rear ended a 2012 Toyota Camry driven by 58 year old Priscilla Newsome, also of Rocky Mount who was stopped at the intersection of N.C. 97 and Michael Road, waiting to turn onto Michael Road.Vick did not apply his brakes in time to stop, leading his car to hit Newsome’s Camry.
Newsome’s car was then pushed into a 2015 Toyota Sienna family van driven by 35 year old Ronald Mills, of Rocky Mount who was also stopped at the intersection of Leigh Road, waiting to turn right onto N.C. 97.

Vick was airlifted to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville after the accident where he was listed in good condition but faces a charge of failure to reduce speed and driving without a seat belt.

Newsome was transported to Nash UNC Health Care and treated and released. He is not facing charges.

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On Tuesday morning, September 6, a Greenwood County EMS supervisor was hit by a truck while working an accident scene and was transported to hospital.

According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened at around 8.10 a.m. Tuesday morning when 60 year old Assistant EMS supervisor James Glasby Jr. was responding to a wreck at the intersection of Highway 72 and Woodlawn. He was walking back to his vehicle when a 2014 Ford pickup truck heading east on SC-72 came through the emergency scene and hit him. He was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital Wednesday with a ruptured spleen and fractured pelvis and underwent surgery the same day.

According to hospital representatives he is listed as being in a fair condition.

According to the police the incident is still under investigation and so far no charges have been filed.

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On Friday night, May 6 a man was killed in a three car crash in Taylors.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened shortly after 9 p.m. on Wade Hampton Boulevard near Cherokee Drive. A BMW sedan, being driven by 40 year old Kris Ray Gleichman at a high rate of speed, was traveling north on Wade Hampton Boulevard when he ran off the right side of the road and hit a power pole. He then crashed into two more cars on Cherokee Drive.

Witnesses said that Gleichman was driving erratically when the accident happened. He was trapped inside the BMW and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The drivers of the two vehicles Gleichman hit were both wearing their seat belts and escaped without injury.

The accident remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol.

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On Wednesday night, April 7, a man was killed in a single vehicle crash in downtown Greenville.

According to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, the accident happened shortly before 8.20 p.m. on South Church Street at Falls Park Drive under Camperdown Way. Carey Wayne Cobb, 64, who lived at 230 David Avenue, Wellford, was driving his Chevy Tahoe SUV when, for reasons unknown, he veered off the roadway, drove up a hill and struck the Cleveland Street bridge.

Cobb was declared dead at the scene and his female passenger was taken to hospital with unknown injuries. Her current condition is not known.

Later on the same night a traffic reconstruction team arrived and only one lane of traffic was open on South Church Street, with all other traffic being rerouted by officers on scene.

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On Wednesday February 3, there was a traffic accident following a shooting in Greenville.

According to police the accident happened shortly after 3 p.m. at the intersection of Greene Street and Airport Road in Greenville.

A gold minivan being driven by Vernon Bryant of Greenville was heading west on Airport Road and ran a red light and smashed into a LP gas truck which was traveling on Greene Street. The woman passenger in the minivan was 30 year old Nyehia Redmond of Washington and she was suffering from a gunshot wound to her arm. She told the police that another car was chasing them she and Bryant were taken to Vidant Medical Center with non life threatening injuries where she is said to be in a fair condition. The driver of the LP truck was uninjured.

Bryant was charged with running a red light and careless and reckless driving but it is not yet known who was shooting or where it happened.

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