SOUTH CAROLINA — One person is dead after a semitruck crashed along Interstate 95 in Dorchester County early Saturday morning, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Master Trooper Joseph L. Rowell said the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. near mile marker 69 in the southbound lanes of I-95. Authorities said a 2017 Peterbilt semitruck veered off the roadway, struck a guardrail on a bridge and overturned before coming to a stop.
The driver, who was the only occupant in the truck, died in the crash, Rowell said.
Officials with the Dorchester County Coroner’s Office have not yet released the victim’s identity.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.
