Driver killed when car runs off road and crashes into tree, South Carolina cops say
One person died Wednesday when a car ran off a road and crashed into a tree, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The single-vehicle collision happened in Bamberg County, said Lance Cpl. Brittany Glover.
At about 11:30 a.m., a 2012 Hyundai Sonata was driving east on S.C. 70, and near the intersection with Charleston-Augusta Highway the car ran off the right side of the road, according to Glover. The car then swerved back onto the road and continued off the left side, where it hit a tree, Glover said.
The driver died at the scene, according to Glover.
The Bamberg County Coroner’s Office identified the driver as 21-year-old Denmark (S.C.) resident Tanajah Sapp, the Orangeburg Times & Democrat reported.
There was no word if Sapp was wearing a seat belt.
Glover said the driver was the only person in the car, and no other injuries were reported.
Information about what originally caused the car to veer off the road was not available. Glover did not say if the Highway Patrol is continuing to investigate the crash.
Through Sunday, 189 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 one person has died in a Bamberg County crash in 2024, according to DPS data. There were six deaths reported in the county in 2023, DPS reported.
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This story was originally published March 28, 2024 at 9:34 AM with the headline "Driver killed when car runs off road and crashes into tree, South Carolina cops say."
