I-95 fatality

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A 58-year old Pamplico man was killed this afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on I-95 between Summerton and North Santee, according to Clarendon County Coroner Bucky Mock. Around 2:15 p.m. on Friday, the driver of a 2015 Chevrolet van was traveling northbound on I-95. "Near mile marker 106, the van struck the rear of a 2018 Freightliner tractor trailer, which was also traveling north," said South Carolina Highway Patrol Cpl. Sonny Collins. “Richard McCormick died around 2:15 p.m. from multiple trauma,” Mock said. “McCormick who was wearing a seatbelt had to be extricated from his vehicle.” The accident remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.