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Crash involving tractor-trailer kills ATV rider in Orangeburg County

Authorities said the crash happened just before midnight on Saturday.

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — An all-terrain vehicle rider has died after a crash involving a tractor-trailer in Orangeburg County on Saturday night.

According to Lance Corporal Lena Butler with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before midnight on SC 389, also known as Ninety 6 Road, near Iris Lane which is not far from Neeses and Livingston.

Butler said the crash happened when a southbound 2023 Freightliner tractor-trailer collided with a southbound ATV of an unknown make and model.

The driver of the Freightliner was not hurt but Butler said the rider of the ATV was taken to an area Medical University of South Carolina hospital where he later died.

The Orangeburg County Coroner has not yet publicly released the victim's name.

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