A 60-year-old North Carolina man was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle collision on Interstate 95 in Clarendon County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Clarendon County Coroner’s Office.
The crash occurred at about 5:30 a.m. Jan. 24 on I-95 northbound near the 113 mile marker, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.
According to SCHP, the collision involved one vehicle, a 2024 International tractor-trailer. The driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of his injuries.
Troopers said the tractor-trailer was traveling north on I-95 when it ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a guardrail and then collided with a tree.
Clarendon County Coroner Jacqueline Blackwell identified the victim as Jimmy Wayne Melvin, 60, of Dover, North Carolina.
An autopsy is scheduled for next week at the Medical University of South Carolina, according to the coroner’s office.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. No further details were available at this time.
