1 dead, 2 hospitalized after 2-vehicle crash in Orangeburg County

ORANGEBURG, S.C. - One person is dead and two others were hospitalized following a two-vehicle collision Wednesday morning in Orangeburg County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred on U.S. 178 at Heartsfire Road at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday.

Lance Cpl. Brittany Glover said a 2018 Ford F-150 was traveling east on US-178 when it collided at the intersection with a 2011 Cadillac Escalade traveling west.

The only occupant in the Ford truck was injured and taken to a local hospital.

The two people inside the Cadillac were taken to the hospital where one passenger later died from their injuries, troopers said.

The passenger was identified as Roger Sally, 55, from Orangeburg by the Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office.

The coroner said Sally died due to blunt force injuries from the crash.