OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A person was killed on Friday in a head-on collision in Oconee County.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, at around 9:38 a.m. Friday a sedan traveling east on S.C. 24 crossed the center line and hit a pickup truck heading west head-on. The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Oconee County Coroner’s Office identified the driver as 23-year-old Nijaelan J. Hackney, of Seneca.
Two passengers in their car were taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck was unharmed.
The crash remains under investigation by the SCHP.
