Head-on collision kills 26-year-old in Edgefield County

EDGEFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 26-year-old man is dead after his vehicle crashed head-on with a big rig in Edgefield County.

The crash happened around 4 a.m. Sunday when a 2007 Ford Edge went left of center while traveling south on South Carolina Highway 121. The Edge crashed into a tractor trailer head-on.

The driver of the Edge was wearing a seat belt and died at the scene, authorities reported.

He was identified as William Allen Turner III, 26, of Troy.

The driver of the tractor-trailer was wearing a seat belt and was not injured.

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