A Summerton man died early Tuesday morning after the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off Interstate 95 and struck a guardrail in Clarendon County.
The Clarendon County Coroner’s Office identified the driver as Ernie Lee Calloway Jr., 38, of Summerton.
According to Master Trooper William Bennett with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the single-vehicle collision occurred at approximately 4:15 a.m. Sept. 15 near the 100-mile marker on I-95 northbound.
Calloway was driving a 2021 Freightliner tractor-trailer north on I-95 when the vehicle ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a guardrail. The tractor-trailer then came to a stop in the southbound lanes of I-95. Calloway was the vehicle’s only occupant and died at the scene from injuries sustained in the crash, according to SCHP.
The Coroner’s Office said an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Medical University of South Carolina.
The collision remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
