ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Several people are in the hospital, and one person has died following a Sunday afternoon crash that led to multiple patients being evacuated by helicopter.
Lance Corporal Lena Butler with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 2:40 p.m. on U.S. Hwy. 301 (Five Chop Road) near U.S. Hwy. 176 (Old State Road), roughly six miles from Santee. Butler said the collision involved a 2007 Saturn sedan carrying six people and a 2022 Kia sedan carrying two people.
Butler said the Saturn was heading south on U.S. Hwy. 301, and the Kia was heading east on U.S. Hwy. 176 when the two collided.
The driver and three passengers in the Saturn were airlifted to an area hospital, where one died. Emergency medical services took two other passengers in the vehicle to a local hospital. The driver of the Kia was also airlifted, and emergency medical services took the passenger.
The Orangeburg County Coroner's Office has not yet released the name of the deceased person, and the severity of the injuries others sustained in the crash were not available at the time.
Butler said the crash remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
