A 33-year-old Rock Hill man was critically injured when his small pickup truck collided with an empty log truck at the intersection of Lowcountry Hwy. (US Hwy 21) and Black Creek Road on Wednesday, Jan. 19th. The man was trapped in the wreckage of his heavily damaged pickup truck. The log truck driver was not injured. Firefighter-Paramedics treated the man at the scene, while other firefighters used Holmatro Rescue Tools to extricate the man. A medical helicopter was called to the site due to the extent of his injuries, and the man was flown to the MUSC Trauma Center in Charleston. The S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
