By HEATHER RUPPE
Three people were seriously injured in a head-on collision that occurred on Cottageville Highway on August 19th, where at least one driver was trapped in wreckage.
The three-car crash occurred at about 8:14 a.m. near the Dorchester County Line on U.S. Highway 17 (Cottageville Highway). A Ford pick-up truck that was a hauling a trailer had overturned in the southbound lane, with much of the trailer’s contents spilled along the highway.
The northbound lane of the highway was also blocked by two vehicles that had crashed head-on “at a high rate of speed,” according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue Chief Barry McRoy.
“The driver of a Dodge Charger was trapped in the wreckage,” he said.
Fire-fighter-paramedics used rescue tools to remove the tracked driver, and all three patients were taken to the Trauma Center at Trident Medical Center in Charleston.
According to McRoy, the highway was closed for two hours until the damaged vehicles could be removed. The S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the accident.
