A North Carolina man was killed Monday morning, Oct. 26, when the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off Interstate 95 and struck a tree in Clarendon County.
The Clarendon County Coroner’s Office identified the driver as Alfred Odame, 32, of Charlotte, North Carolina.
According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper William Bennett, the single-vehicle incident occurred around 9:35 a.m. near mile marker 133 in the southbound lanes of I-95.
Bennett said Odame was driving a 2021 Freightliner tractor-trailer southbound when the vehicle ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree.
Odame, who was the vehicle’s only occupant, died at the scene from his injuries.
The Coroner’s Office has scheduled an autopsy for Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Medical University of South Carolina.
The fatal collision remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
