Three people were killed in two separate collisions in Clarendon County over the weekend, including two people who died when a tractor-trailer crossed Interstate 95 and struck a tree.
The first collision occurred at about 3:25 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, near mile marker 117 on I-95, according to Cpl. Nick Pye with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Pye said a tractor-trailer traveling south ran off the left side of the roadway, crossed the median and northbound lanes and struck a tree. The driver and a passenger in the tractor-trailer sustained fatal injuries.
The Clarendon County Coroner’s Office said the identities of the two victims will be released following autopsies scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Medical University of South Carolina.
A second fatal collision occurred the following evening on Old Manning Road.
Highway Patrol said the two-vehicle collision happened at about 7:40 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at Old Manning and Salem roads. A 2016 Ford Fusion was traveling south on Old Manning Road and a Mercedes was traveling north when the vehicles collided.
Both drivers were the sole occupants of their vehicles and were taken to an area hospital. The driver of the Ford later died from his injuries, while the driver of the Mercedes was injured.
The Clarendon County Coroner’s Office identified the driver who died as Quincy Brown, 46, of New Zion. An autopsy was scheduled for Friday, Sept. 4, at MUSC.
Both collisions remain under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The deaths came during a weekend in which five people were killed on South Carolina roadways, according to preliminary figures released by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. The agency’s weekend reporting period ran from 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
Clarendon County has recorded 16 traffic fatalities so far in 2026, according to SCDPS figures through Aug. 30. That is more than triple the five fatalities recorded during the same period in 2025. The county had four fatalities through Aug. 30 in 2024 and 14 during the same period in 2023.
SCDPS cautions that its fatality figures are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions compiled by the agency.
