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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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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