SC man killed when pickup truck hits culvert, mailbox and trees, officials say
One person was killed Sunday night when a pickup truck crashed, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Easly resident Randall Davenport was identified as the man who died in the accident, the Pickens County Coroner’s Office said.
The single-vehicle collision happened in Pickens County, said Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the Highway Patrol.
At about 7:45 p.m., a 2005 GMC pickup was driving south on Childress Road, according to Ridgeway. Near the intersection with Old Dacusville Road, the pickup ran off the right side of the road and hit a culvert and a mailbox before veering back across the road and off the left side, where it crashed into two trees, Ridgeway said.
Davenport, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene, according to the coroner’s office.
No other injuries were reported.
Information about what caused the pickup to originally veer off the road was not available, but the crash continues to be investigated by the Highway Patrol, coroner’s office and Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.
Through Tuesday, 143 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2024, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Last year, 999 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least four people have died in Pickens County crashes in 2024, according to DPS data. There were 18 deaths reported in the county in 2023, DPS reported.
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This story was originally published March 11, 2024 at 8:22 AM with the headline "SC man killed when pickup truck hits culvert, mailbox and trees, officials say."
