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Update: Bluffton woman identified as driver in fatal Sunday crash on US 278

This story was updated Dec. 23 to correct the spelling of the accident victim's name.

A Bluffton woman is dead after a two-vehicle wreck Sunday evenign at US 278 and Rose Hill Way.

Perry Weston, 73, was driving a 2015 Toyota four-door. She attempted to turn left off eastbound 278 onto Rose Hill Way around 6:35 p.m., according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Beaufort County Coroner's Office.

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Weston's vehicle was struck by a 2007 Dodge pickup traveling westbound on U.S. 278, the patrol said.

The driver of the Dodge was not injured.

Weston died Monday, according to Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen.

Follow Caitlin Turner on Twitter at twitter.com/Cait_E_Turner.

This story was originally published December 22, 2015 at 8:29 AM with the headline "Update: Bluffton woman identified as driver in fatal Sunday crash on US 278."

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