West Union Man Dies After Wreck in Pendleton

According to the Anderson County Coroner’s Office, a West Union man lost his life in a head-on collision near Pendleton yesterday. The victim was Joseph E. Stewart, Jr., 72, who died from multiple traumatic injuries at Prisma Health in Greenville. The coroner’s office said he might have had a medical event that made him cross the median and crash into another car. The accident occurred around 3:30 pm on Highway 76 near Tri-County Technical College. The case is under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Pendleton police.