GREENVILLE CO., SC (WSPA) – A driver died at the hospital a day after crashing into a garbage truck in Greenville County.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 9:50 a.m. along White Horse Road on October 13.
Troopers said the driver of a pickup truck rear-ended a sanitation truck which had slowed in traffic.
The driver of the pickup truck, Asberry Carlton, 87, of Greenville, was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital where they died shortly before noon Wednesday, according to the coroner’s office. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The driver of the sanitation truck was not hurt.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released.