Troopers: 1 dead, two injured after Fairfield County two-vehicle collision

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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– One person is pronounced dead after an early morning two-vehicle collision in Fairfield County, says highway patrol.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the collision happened around 9:30 a.m. on US-213 on Monday, Dec.11.

The collision happened when a Dodge Pickup traveling North on US-213 hit a Ford Transit traveling West on Jenkinsville Road.

The driver of the Ford was pronounced dead and a passenger in the vehicle was taken by EMS to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

The Dodge driver was taken by EMS to Newberry for injuries.