South Carolina Highway patrol Investigating Fatal Weekend Accident In Pickens County

(Seneca, SC)——–The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal traffic accident that occurred last Friday night in Pickens County.

According to Master Trooper David Jones, the accident occurred around 6:20pm on Rice’s Creek Road and involved one vehicle.

Trooper Jones tells us that the driver of the vehicle died at the scene while a front seat passenger in the vehicle was transported by medical helicopter to the hospital with reported life threatening injuries.

The vehicle involved in the accident was a 2007 Honda. Trooper Jones tells us that the vehicle was traveling north on Rice’s Creek Road, went off the right side of the roadway, over corrected, went off the roadway left and struck a tree, upon which the vehicle caught on fire.