Sep 14, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Uncategorized
A 28-year-old York man will be spending the next two decades in prison after deputies found him clutching a bag of crack cocaine when he crashed his car into a tree. Apparently, the collission was caused due to the defendant driver attempting to escape the police last July.
In York County’s General Sessions Court, Judge Edward Miller sentenced the man to 27 years in prison on a trafficking crack cocaine charge. It was the man’s third conviction.
A sheriff’s deputy and state constable were patrolling McConnells Highway, near Brattonsville, when they spotted a Chevrolet traveling 40 mph in a 55 mph zone. The car swerved over the center line, making officers think the driver might be intoxicated. When officers attempted to stop the car, the driver accelerated, reaching over 100 mph towards York.
The driver lost control of the vehicle when he tried to make a right turn onto South Congress Street, sending his car careening over on its roof and slamming into a tree. Police found the driver inside of the car holding a large bag of crack cocaine.
Once the man was released from Carolinas Medical Center, he was arrested. The man’s criminal history includes several drug arrests dating back to 2003. He was already serving time for a previous charge when he was sentenced on Monday.
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Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
A SC Councilman has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit surrounding a 201o ca accident that killed a 70-year-old woman.
The woman driver was struck by four vehicles on November 4, 2010. The driver of the first car that collided with the woman’s vehicle has pleaded guilty for driving under the influence. The Councilman’s vehicle was the second car to hit; however, he argues that he tried to swerve and is not responsible for the woman’s death. This argument is further echoed by the Councilman’s attorney.
According to the Coroner, it was impossible to determine which of the four vehicles were responsible for the woman’s fatal injuries.
The Councilman is being sued for over $5 million.
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Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
A 19-year-old SC teen died in a fiery crash on Thursday afternoon on Interstate 26.
According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 4 p.m. near mile marker 164 when the teen’s 1998 Mazda heading eastbound went off the left side of the road, hit a tree, and caught on fire.
The teen driver died at the scene due to blunt force trauma from the crash and not the fire, according to an Orangeburg County Coroner.
Highway Patrol is continuing investigations in connection with the crash.
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Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Wrongful Death
A Great Falls resident was killed last Saturday by a hit-and-run driver, sometime between 3:00 and 6:30 a.m. Sadly, the victim left nine children and his girlfriend of 16 years behind. The accident occurred less than one-quarter of a mile from the victim’s home on Richburg Road in Chester County.
The exact time the victim was hit is still unknown, however the body was discovered by a passing motorist on his way to work around 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The victim was reported to be “unresponsive and not breathing,” when the police arrived.
The County Coroner has listed the cause of death as “blunt force of trauma with a head injury.” The autopsy was performed at Piedmont Medical Center, in Rock Hill, SC.
Currently, there have been no witnesses who have come forward to speak of this horrific fatality.
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Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
A 19-year-old SC teen reacted quickly Saturday morning, when he approached a burning vehicle and proceeded to pull a 54-year-old woman out of fiery car.
The teen was driving home from a friend’s house along U.S. 301, near Raccoon Road, when he spotted the burning 1999 Chevrolet that had wrecked just minutes before. Apparently, the woman driver ran off the right side of the road only moments before it caught aflame. Once stopped, the teen could hear a woman’s voice coming from inside the wrecked vehicle. The teen and another man, wielding crowbars, broke out the driver’s side window. The woman was able to unfasten her seatbelt so that she could be pulled out of her car to safety.
As they were all backing away from the burning car, an explosion occurred, fully engulfing the car with flames. Firefighters arrived shortly thereafter to put out the fire. Claredon Fire Chief commented that there was not much firefighters could have done for the woman if it had not been for the civilian rescue.
The woman was subsequently transported to Claredon Memorial Hospital for injuries. It is reported that she will be charged with DUI .
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Sep 13, 2012 | Car Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Personal Injury, Uncategorized
The South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a collision that occurred sometime after 1:00 a.m. last Wednesday on Houcks Gin Road, about 2.6 miles east of the town of Cameron. The incident left one victim, a pedestrian, who unfortunately died early Thursday morning due to the collision.
The Calhoun County Coroner will be conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death.
Investigators have not yet identified the type of vehicle that hit the pedestrian or which direction it was traveling, but are currently working diligently to resolve the case.
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