GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – One person has died after a single-vehicle crash late Thursday afternoon in Greenwood County.
The crash happened on U.S. 221 near Old Mount Moriah Road around 5:45 p.m.
Troopers said an SUV was headed southbound on U.S. 221 when it ran off the left side of the road, struck a ditch, then hit multiple trees.
The driver was taken to Self Regional Medical Center where they later died.
The Greenwood County Coroner’s Office identified the driver as 60-year-old John Paul Nelson.
This crash remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Greenwood County Coroner’s Office.