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 Edgefield County man first fatality in county web posted March 8, 2008  MERRIWETHER –
Edgefield County suffered
its first traffic fatality early Saturday morning when a report of a
van down an embankment came into 911 dispatchers at 4:36 am.
Merriwether Firefighters, EMS, and Sheriff’s Deputies arrived a few
minutes later to find the driver ejected from the Dodge van lying
beneath the windshield about ten yards from the crash scene.The South Carolina Highway Patrol arrived a short time later and began investigating the crash.  According to
information obtained from the scene, the Clarks Hill man
was traveling west on Martintown Road when he left the westbound lane,
overcorrected, and then left the eastbound lane near Deer Springs Road.
The van then careened
down the steep embankment striking several trees before overturning and
coming to rest on the roof.Local residents on the scene said the man and his girlfriend had been driving around the area all afternoon and that prompted a search for a possible second crash victim. Merriwether firefighters used a thermal imaging camera to aid in the search, however no other victim was found.  Edgefield County
Coroner Thurmond Burnett pronounced the man dead on
the scene and EMS workers transported the body to the Edgefield County
morgue. His identity is being withheld pending the notification of
family members.Alcohol is considered a factor in the crash as the scene and the van was littered with empty and full beer cans. The crash closed one lane of Martintown Road for almost two hours. The crash was still under investigation at 6:25 am. This is the first fatality in Edgefield County in 2008. ©
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