LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities say one person is dead following an early morning crash in Lexington County on Sunday.

Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 5:25 a.m. on Jim Spence Road near Addie Lucas Road. Ridgeway said a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze was heading south on Jim Spence Road when it went off the road to the right, hit a culvert and then a tree. The driver of the vehicle died at the scene.

Ridgeway said the crash remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The Lexington County Coroner's Office hasn't yet released the name of the deceased victim.

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