A 41-year-old Walterboro woman died in a single car high-speed wreck in the 4200 block of Green Pond Highway (S.C. Hwy. 303) at 10:05 a.m. on Christmas Eve.
The woman was driving a 2000 BMW traveling northbound when the car left the road in the rain. The car slid sideways, began to flip over before striking a power pole, roof first. The impact pushed the roof into the seats. The unrestrained driver suffered multiple traumatic injuries and was trapped in the wreckage.
A neighbor was in her yard, witnessed the crash and called 9-1-1. Fire-Rescue units arrived minutes later, but Shawnya Mitchell-Sanders, 41, of Walterboro died at the scene. The coroner’s office responded and once they completed their investigation, firefighters used rescue tools to remove a portion of the roof and the driver’s door to free the victim.
