EDGEFIELD, S.C. (WJBF) – One person is dead after an accident in Edgefield County.
It happened just before 6:00pm Sunday night on Highway 191, about three miles south of Johnston.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the wreck involved three vehicles: two pickup trucks and a sedan.
Lance Corporal William Bennett says a truck was stopped on Old Plank Road, when the driver pulled onto the highway.
The driver of the other pickup was traveling south on the highway, swerved to avoid a crash, hitting the sedan stopped at a stop sign on Airport Road.
The driver of the Sedan, 24-year-old Jamarquious Thompkins was taken to the hospital where he died.
His mother has started a GoFundMe account to help with funeral expenses.
