BERKELEY COUNTY — The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a head-on collision that left one person dead the afternoon of Oct. 24.

According to Master Trooper William Bennett, the crash occurred just after 4:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 17A near the intersection with Pear Tree Lane. He said a Ford pickup truck and a semi truck were both heading south on the U.S. Highway 17A while a Chevrolet sedan was driving north on the highway.

Bennett said the sedan sideswiped the Ford pickup truck before colliding head-on with the semi.

The driver of the sedan died on the scene and has not yet been publicly identified. The drivers of both the pickup truck and the semi were uninjured.

The investigation into the collision is ongoing.

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