A 24-year-old Sumter woman was killed early Monday morning in a single-vehicle wreck on U.S. 15 near Summerton, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Clarendon County Coroner's Office.
Clarendon County Coroner Jacqueline Blackwell identified the driver as Pamela Brook Paschall, 24, of Sumter. The wreck occurred at approximately 4:20 a.m. Nov. 9 on U.S. 15, also known as St. Paul Road, near Gayle Road.
According to Master Trooper William Bennett with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Paschall was driving a 2011 Toyota 4Runner south on U.S. 15 when the vehicle ran off the left side of the roadway, returned to the road, then ran off the left side again and overturned.
Paschall died at the scene from injuries sustained in the wreck.
Blackwell confirmed that Paschall's husband and child, who were passengers in the vehicle, were transported to McLeod Health Clarendon Hospital for treatment. Highway Patrol initially reported that neither passenger was injured.
The wreck remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol and Clarendon County Coroner's Office.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Medical University of South Carolina.
