AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. — The Aiken County Coroner's Office is still working to contact a victim's next of kin following a deadly crash on Friday morning.
Lance Corporal Nick Pye with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened just after midnight in the area of Dixie Clay Road near Trail of Sand Lane - a crossroads near Burnettown.
Pye said the victim was driving a 2003 Chevrolet van west on Dixie Clay Road when the van left the road to the left, struck a tree, and flipped.
Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables said in a statement on Friday that the driver, who was restrained in the vehicle, died at the scene of blunt force injuries.
Ables said his office is still awaiting toxicology reports and continues to investigate the crash alongside the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The coroner said he would release the victim's name once the family could be notified.
