SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities have identified a woman who died several days after a crash that injured seven others in Sumter County.
According to Corporal Tyler Tidwell with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened on April 15 around 11:30 a.m. on Myrtle Beach Highway.
Tidwell said that a 2007 Ford Pickup was headed east on the highway when it was involved in a collision with a 2021 Toyota that was heading south on South Carolina 527 - also known as Brick Church Road.
The Toyota left the road to the right and then hit a stop sign.
Tidwell said that five occupants of the Ford were taken to an area hospital for treatment. Three occupants of the Toyota were taken from the scene with injuries as well.
It wasn't until days later, on April 20, that 27-year-old Mary Karsyn Vonegidy of Marshville, North Carolina died of injuries sustained in the crash while at Prisma Health Richland Hospital according to the Sumter County Coroner's Office.
An autopsy was completed on Saturday. Both the coroner's office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are still investigating the crash.