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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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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