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One person dead in afternoon crash in Kershaw

The car accident happened on Buffalo Creek road around 5 p.m.
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KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — An accident has claimed the life of one person Tuesday afternoon according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) 

Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell with SCHP said that the accident happened around 5 p.m. on Buffalo Creek road. 

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According to the report the accident happened on Buffalo Creek road. A 2000 Nissan Xterra was traveling north when it went off the left side of the road, over corrected to the right side of the road causing the car to go into a ditch and overturning.   The driver of the car, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was partially ejected from the car.   The passenger was not injured. The name of the victim has not yet been released by the coroner. 

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The accident remains under investigation.   

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