Name released in Westminster Traffic Collision Death

The name of the Westminster woman killed in an early Wednesday morning head on collision has been released. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis announces that 57-year-old Cynthia Wheeler died in the emergency department at Oconee Memorial Hospital from injuries due to blunt force trauma. The collision occurred on South Highway 11 near the intersection of Blackjack Road in Westminster. According to troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Wheeler was driving an automobile north on SC 11 when her car went left of center and was struck by a pickup truck driving south. The collision is under investigation by the Highway Patrol.