SCHP Investigating Westminster Traffic Fatality

The Oconee County Coroner’s Office said that a 20 year-old Westminster man died Friday night in the emergency department at Greenville Memorial Hospital from traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision.

Avery Lee King, of Westminster, died at 11:52 pm. His manner of death is classified Accidental.

A motor vehicle collision was reported to Oconee 911 Communications at 9:33 pm. This collision occurred near the intersection of Berry Farm Road and Cleveland Pike Road near Westminster.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is leading the investigation into the cause of the accident.