Fatal Car Accident in Clemson

On Sunday, April 14, at approximately 12:35 am, a motor vehicle accident occurred on Old Stone Church Rd. near Ridgecrest Dr., Clemson. The victim, identified by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office as 20-year-old Caroline Deer of 954 Cottingham Dr., Mt. Pleasant, SC, was ejected from the vehicle when it veered off the road and overturned. Pickens County EMS and Clemson University Fire & EMS treated her at the scene before she was airlifted to Prisma Greenville. Unfortunately, she was later pronounced dead. Another occupant of the vehicle has since been released from the hospital. The cause and manner of Caroline’s death are currently under investigation by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office and Clemson City Police Department, and an autopsy is scheduled for a later date.