One Dead, Three Injured In Three Car Accident
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Pelzer Accident
Accident with Van, motorcycle, car and tanker truck in PelzerPublished: August 18, 2009
One person is dead and three others were hospitalized after a three car collision in southern Greenville County Monday afternoon.
The accident happened at 2:05 pm at the intersection of Highway 418 and Old Hunred Road near Pelzer. According to Lance Cpl. Jeff Gaskins with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the unidentified driver of a 2001 Lincoln four-door sedan was traveling south on Old Hundred Road when he disregarded a stop sign and was struck on both sides of the car by an 18-wheeler and a 1994 GMC SUV.
The driver of the sedan was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital where he later died. A passenger in the car, 67-year old Janie Brownlee, of Williamston, had to be airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital.
The driver of the 18-wheeler, 51-year old Ivan Kelly, of Hopkins, South Carolina, was wearing a seatbelt and transported by ambulance to Greenville Memorial Hospital, while the driver of the SUV, 36-year old Gregory Burton, was wearing a seatbelt and transported by ambulance to Greenville Memorial Hospital.
The Greenville County Coroner’s office identifies the driver of the Lincoln as Zachariah Jesse Peace. The 77 year old was wearing seatbelt. Peace died at Greenville Memorial Monday afternoon of blunt force trauma injury to the chest.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says no charges will be filed in this case.
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“People died & were seriously hurt.“ If this is what WHORYALL is talking about being wrong…it’s not. It’s VERY correct grammar. Heather, I hope your husband is OK, and I agree, they (WSPA) are so worried about reporting the news first, that they don’t do enough fact checking beforehand. Finally, no offense to you Heather, but I seriously doubt that WSPA has millions of viewers - only in their dreams!!!
I wasn’t trying to win a spelling contest in my comment.
My huspand was the driver in the 2002 FORD Excursion & he is NOT DEAD . There was no motorcycle involved either.Both the news & Anderson Independent got the names ALL Wrong
The story was retracted.. That is why I wrote a comment.
spell trailer right HB… Ye to cast the 1st stone.
I WAS GLAD TO SEE AN UPDATED VERSION OF WSPA’S STORY THIS MORNING.
WHOMEVER REPORTED & posted the information lastight had it all wrong.
It would be nice if the media would actually know “ALL “ the facts & be sure to GET IT RIGHT instead of just tring to GET IT FIRST !!!
People died & were seriously hurt.
Your station had people on live lastnight who were commenting on a story that didn’t even have the facts.
There was NO motorcycle except the one on back of my huspand’s trailor & he 18 wheeler was the least to be blamed.
Please take the time when reportng to MILLIONS of people to “AT LEAST” TRY TO HAVE ALL THE FACTS!! YOUR VIEWERS WATCH BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
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