On Wednesday afternoon, November 25 a woman from Fountain Inn died after an accident with a tractor trailer.

According to Greenville County Coroner and the state Highway Patrol the accident happened shortly after 5.15 p.m. on State 418, at Jenkins Bridge Road. A 1999 Chevrolet Blazer being driven by 26 year old Kayla Renee Boggs of Welcome Drive in Fountain Inn crossed the center line and hit a tractor trailer head on. Boggs was not wearing a seat belt and had to be extricated from her vehicle and she died at the scene.

The driver of the tractor trailer was a 52 year old woman from Gray Court. She was seriously injured and was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital.

The accident is currently under investigation as it is unclear what caused Boggs to lose control of the vehicle. There have been no reports of alcohol or vehicle malfunction as contributing factors in causing the accident.

No charges have been filed at this time.

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On Friday evening, September 25, an unborn child died in a car accident.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol the accident happened at 6.50 p.m. when 23 year old Ashley Michelle Bridges from Easley was driving south on Sulphur Springs Road near Watkins Road. She had been drinking and she hit a Honda Accord in the rear which pushed it to the left and across the center line when it was then hit by an SUV and a Jeep. The Honda was being driven by Robert Whitmere and also had a passenger, his girlfriend Mindy McCall who was 23 weeks pregnant and both were taken to hospital with severe injuries where the unborn child died. There is no more information as to the extent of their injuries.

Bridges has now been charged with three counts of felony DUI with two involving great bodily injury and one a fatality. She was released from the Greenville County Detention Center on a $65,000 bond.

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On Sunday, August 30, two young children were killed when a vehicle crashed into a bank.

According to the Greenville Police Department, the accident happened shortly before 9.15 a.m. when there was a two vehicle collision between a green pickup truck which struck a 2001 Ford Expedition SUV and sent it crashing into the Arthur State Bank on Pleasantburg Drive. The SUV then caught on fire.

The children who died were three year old Micah A. Young and five year old Tyrin Savahya Young Jr.and according to the Greenville Coroner they both died from smoke inhalation.

The mother of the children, who was driving the SUV and another passenger, both survived the accident and the truck driver was taken to hospital although his injuries are unknown.

Pleasantburg Drive was closed between Pine Knoll Drive and Wade Hampton Boulevard for more than six hours as crews worked at the scene but it is thought that the investigation will take a few weeks. It is likely the bank will be demolished due to the amount of damage incurred.

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On Friday, August 7, a teen left hospital following a fatal car accident.

The accident happened on July 10, when according to State Highway Patrol officials and following the investigation, a 2009 Nissan driven by Brandon Lamar Lee was traveling west on U.S. Highway 158 between Vaughan and Littleton in Warren County. Lee’s vehicle then went over the center line and hit a 1995 Chevy truck being driven eastbound by Zachary Hunter Rodwell.

After the impact, Lee’s vehicle stopped facing east in the westbound lane of the highway, and Zachary’s truck overturned and burst into flames, coming to rest upside down off the side of the eastbound lane.

Both Lee and Rodwell died from the impact and 13 year old Ben Rodwell, brother of Zachary, was taken to hospital with facial damage and a fractured pelvis along with other broken bones. He is now home from hospital and faces reconstructive surgery in the future.

Ben recalls that he was rescued by a passerby, Kenny Sharpe Jr. who pulled him from the burning vehicle and took him to hospital at Halifax Regional without waiting for the emergency services. From there Ben was airlifted to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.

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On Friday, July 24, a man crashed a motorcycle then ran from police.

According to the police, the incident happened at around noon in Easley town center. A motorcyclist, later identified as 34 year old Derek Bennett Williams of Williamston, was driving through the town and sped away from police at speed. He lost control and hit two vehicles and the bike flipped. He then got up from the road, showed a silver hand gun and, although officers gave chase, they lost him when he climbed a fence and ran into the woods behind Academy Sports.

Many departments including K 9 units, a helicopter and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office searched for around two hours but to no avail.

A warrant has now been issued for his arrest, charged with leaving the scene of an accident, pointing and presenting a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, resisting arrest and reckless driving. As the motorcycle was discovered to have been stolen out of Greenville County he was also charged with possession of a stolen vehicle.

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On Friday, June 12, a motorcyclist died in a crash.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened shortly before 9.30 p.m. at the intersection of East Belvedere Road and Plainfield Circle, about two miles south of Greenville. Troopers went on to say that 57 year old Jeffrey D. James of Foxhall Road, Greenville was riding north of East Belvedere Road on his 1999 Harley Davidson motorcycle when it appears he failed to negotiate a curve and ran off the right side. He then traveled off the road ending up in the bottom of a rocky creek.

He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene from blunt force trauma. His death was ruled an accident but an autopsy examination was scheduled.

Both the coroner’s office and the Highway Patrol carried out an investigation into the accident.

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On Sunday, May 10, a Greenville man died in a single car wreck in Greenville County.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol the accident happened shortly before 2.30 a.m. when 39 year old Trenence Michael Reece, who was known as Trent, was driving alone northbound on Perimeter Road in a four door 2001 Audi. When he reached Kitty Hawk road, the vehicle suddenly went off the right shoulder, hit a guard rail, went back onto the road and then went off the left shoulder and flew into the air and crashed. It is not known why the vehicle left the road.

According to the coroner, Reece was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene, due to blunt force trauma to the head, chest and abdomen.

The coroner went on to rule the death an accident.

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On Monday, April 6, one person died following a head on collision in Transylvania County.

According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol the accident happened just after 5 p.m. on U.S. 276. They confirmed that it was a head on collision between a local resident, driving a red Nissan, who crossed the center line and hit a cable truck head on.

The driver of the Nissan was airlifted to Mission Hospital with serious injuries, but the passenger in the vehicle was killed. The cable truck ended up in the ditch but the driver did not receive any injuries.

Part of the highway was closed for three hours while the investigation was carried out.

Troopers say wet roads did not play a factor in this crash and so far there have been no charges but there may be later.

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