On Tuesday, March 10, 34 year old Jason Matthew Jenkins died in an accident with a tractor trailer.

According to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, Jenkins had returned to the Phoenix Center to leave his work phone there and was headed home when the accident happened near the Center in Travelers Rest. It appears that Jenkins pulled out from Foot Hills Road onto U.S. 25 Bypass into the path of a tractor trailer that was traveling south.

The tractor trailer collided with Jenkins’ vehicle on the driver’s side and pushed the automobile across the roadway and down an embankment on the opposite side of the road. Jenkins was pronounced dead at the scene with the autopsy stating cause of death was blunt force trauma to the torso.

Although the Coroner’s Office ruled his death an accident, the Travelers Rest Police Department and Greenville County Sheriff’s Office are still investigating.

Since April 2010, Jenkins had been working as the adolescent residential services supervisor at White Horse Academy, which is part of the Phoenix Center, a nonprofit agency that provides substance abuse services.

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On Monday, February 23, there was a deadly motor vehicle collision.

According to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, the accident happened at around 5 p.m. in the area of 2956 New Easley Highway. It appears that two vehicles were driving east on New Easley Highway, then one of the vehicles wanted to turn and so it pulled into the median crossover. However the second vehicle could not stop and hit the vehicle which was turning. It then went into the traffic coming in the opposite direction and hit a third vehicle.

The driver of the third vehicle was 56 year old, Andrzej Zalecki, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Several of those in the other vehicles were injured and taken to Greenville Memorial although the extent of their injuries and current conditions are unknown.

All of the southbound lanes on the highway were closed to clear the wreck and for South Carolina Highway Patrol to carry out the investigation.

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On Wednesday a woman from Greer died following a serious accident on Tuesday.

According to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, the accident happened shortly before 9 p.m. on State 14. Lisa Campbell Horton, aged 53, of Gravely Road was driving on State 14 when a vehicle traveling along South Buncombe Road struck her vehicle.

She was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly after 10 a.m. the following day.

The Greenville County school district said that Horton had been an aide and afterschool caregiver at Buena Vista Elementary since 2011. In addition she was a counselor in the after-school program.

Horton also served as an aide and afterschool caregiver at Paris Elementary from 2010-11 and Taylors Elementary from 1998-2010.

South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the wreck.

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Early on Saturday evening there was a fatal accident in Abbeville County.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash occurred just before 6 p.m. on Turkey Creek Road near South Carolina route 252. They went on to say that 79 year old Claude Andrew Brock, of Ware Shoals made a left turn in front of another car, being driven by 47 year old Lee Jones, and that car hit him. A third car was also involved in the incident.

Brock was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy is pending. Jones, who was wearing a seat belt, was seriously injured and was airlifted to Greenville Memorial and the driver of the third vehicle was unhurt.

The investigation into the accident is ongoing.

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On Wednesday morning, three people were hospitalized following a two car accident in Pitt County.

According to troopers, the accident happened shortly before 8 a.m. on Highway 33 on the overpass leading to Grimesland. The overpass was closed for over an hour after the incident.

The accident happened when 59 year old Judy McMillen was driving eastbound in a Jeep and at the same time 55 year old Betsy Haddock was driving in the opposite direction in a Ford Ranger. For some reason McMillen crossed the center line in the Jeep and hit Haddock.

Haddock was trapped in the truck and had to be extricated and was then airlifted to the hospital. McMillen and her five year old male passenger were taken to the hospital by ambulance where McMillen is said to be suffering from significant injuries, and the boy is expected to recover.

The accident is still under investigation but McMillen has been charged with driving left of center.

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A crash between a car and a semi tractor trailer has left a Sand Lake woman with minor injuries.

According to the Montcalm County Sheriff Office, the accident happened on Friday at around 11 in the morning. It appears that 43 year old Edie Peterman, of Sand Lake, was heading west on the Howard City to Edmore Road, in a 1999 Dodge Caravan, and at the same time a 2015 freightliner semi tractor trailer, which was heading east, turned north on to Six Lakes Road. Then the two vehicles collided.

Peterman luckily only had minor injuries and she was taken to Spectrum UMH in Greenville by Montcalm County Emergency Medical Services.

The driver of the semi was identified as 32 year old Cesareo Jesus Miguel Torena, of Cape Coral Florida. He was uninjured and deputies issued him with a citation for failing to yield to oncoming traffic.

Police said that Peterman was not seriously injured as the airbags deployed in the Dodge and she was also wearing a seat belt. They went on to say that neither alcohol nor speed was a factor in the crash.

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On Monday a Greenville man was killed and two children were injured.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the accident happened shortly before 1 a.m. when 37 year old Scott R. Hartman from Greenville was driving a 2008 four door Saturn westbound on Interstate 40.

For some reason, the car went off the side of the highway then hit the guardrail and went down an embankment, becoming airborne over Big Creek Road.

The car landed the right way up between I 40 and the 447 ramp. Hartman, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected in the crash and killed.

Also in the vehicle were two children, 5 year old Riley Hartman and 4 year old Mason Hartman. Neither of them was secured in child restraint devices and Riley was also ejected from the vehicle.

Both children were taken to hospital although the extent of their injuries is unknown.

Tests will be carried out on Hartman to ascertain whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

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A head on collision on Cowpen Landing Road on Monday afternoon left five victims seriously injured.

According to authorities, a Suzuki was travelling around a sharp curve on Cowpen Landing Road when it collided with a Dodge Neon, which had entered from its driveway.

The driver of the Suzuki, Ryan Johnson, was taken to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville where he is currently said to be in fair condition. His passenger, another male, was also taken to hospital along with the driver of the Neon, Eric Lovett and his female passenger.

No further information is available on those injured. A Vidant public information representative said that Lovett was not listed in that hospital’s directory but the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) allows patients admitted to hospitals to have their names excluded from public release.
In addition the police have not released any further information, including the names, due to the serious nature of the injuries.

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