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Lexington, SC (October 20, 2024) – A tragic car crash occurred in Lexington County on Saturday morning, resulting in one fatality and three injuries. The incident took place just before 9:30 a.m. on South Lake Drive in the Red Bank area, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Preliminary investigations indicate that a 2016 Dodge van was traveling west on South Lake Drive when it collided with a 2019 Dodge pickup truck heading east. The collision led to significant injuries for the occupants of the van, who were transported to a local hospital. Unfortunately, the driver of the van succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. The Richland County Coroner’s Office has not yet publicly identified the deceased.

The driver of the pickup truck was also taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash. At this time, the specific details regarding how the two vehicles collided have not been disclosed, and the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident is ongoing.

Our thoughts are with the families and friends affected by this unfortunate accident.

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Many accidents are caused by factors such as distracted driving, speeding, and driving under the influence. It is essential for all motorists to remain vigilant and adhere to traffic laws to prevent such tragic outcomes. In particular, intersections and roadways with heavy traffic can be particularly hazardous, making it crucial for drivers to exercise caution.

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Lexington County residents are still recovering from Helene, many are still with out power and gas stations are seeing a shortage of fuel.

LEXINGTON, S.C. — The town of Lexington and the town of Irmo still have an abundance of homes and businesses without power in the aftermath of Helene.

Raven Rodriguez lives in Augusta and is on his fourth trip to Lexington for supplies. He says gas, ice and groceries are a priority for his family and friends as they are being told they won't have power for weeks.

“I’ve been going back and forth with like nine gas cans, filling them up bringing them back to my friends and telling them, 'Hey, look I found some gas stations, you know? So hopefully this help you out,'" Rodriguez said. "So, now we’re doing water next and food supplies, so we’re just doing runs back and forth to Augusta.”

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Albert Robinson lives in Saluda. He drove around his hometown, then over to Batesburg-Leesville and finally found gas in Lexington.

“This is about the fifth station, and all up through Lexington nobody has no gas whatsoever, so we just kept riding and riding, and we saw weren’t no cars out here, so I pulled out here to see if there was any gas," Robinson said. "So, we just got lucky. We finally got a fill up of gas, and I got some extra for my generator. So at this point, we’re good to go for now cause there’s no electricity in Batesburg-Leesville or Saluda.”

RELATED: Dominion Energy gives county-by-county update on how long it might to take to restore nearly all power

Viren Patel owns Friarsgate Supermart. He lost power last week, causing many of his products such as meats, frozen and refrigerated goods to go bad.

He says that in over 15 years of his business he has never had such a big loss.

“I had to throw away a lot of the frozen items that I had, close to $7,000-$8,000 worth of frozen items I had to throw away," Patel said. "I still had to throw away some stuff, which is like ice cream. I got a delivery on Wednesday, Tuesday with my frozen items and then the lights went off.”

Dominion Energy says they expect 95% restoration in Lexington County by October 3rd at 11pm.