FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. — One person is dead, and two others are injured following a wrong-way crash on Interstate 77 on Saturday night.
Master Trooper Gary Miller with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 9:10 p.m. near mile marker 30, roughly 2.4 miles west of Ridgeway.
Miller said the crash happened when a 2020 Ford SUV was heading south in the northbound lanes of the interstate. Miller said the SUV hit a 2018 Toyota utility van and a 2016 Audi sedan head-on.
The crash killed the driver of the Ford SUV. The driver and passenger of the Toyota van were taken to an area hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries. There was a driver and four passengers in the Audi sedan, but no injuries were reported among them.
The circumstances of the Saturday night crash are still under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.