SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — One person is dead after a car cash in Sumter Tuesday evening.
South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brian Lee says a two vehicle collision on US 521 has claimed one life. The accident happened around 4pm.
A van was traveling north on US 521 and a Nissan that was also traveling north on US521. According to SCHP the van struck the Nissan in the rear as the Nissan was attempting to make a turn on Charles Jackson road.
The passenger in the Nissan was killed.
The Sumter County Coroner Robert Baker said that Rose Gagne, 80 of Sumter was killed in the crash. She was wearing a seatbelt.
The accident remains under investigation.
