One Dead in South Carolina Ambulance Crash

One person was killed in the Sunday evening accident.


Live5News | | Monday, April 18, 2011


ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WIS) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported an accident in Orangeburg County involving a Dodge four-door and an ambulance that had resulted in one fatality.

It was reported around 7:30am Sunday on Magnolia Street, one mile north of Orangeburg.

Troopers said the driver of the Dodge four-door was 22-year-old Zachary Thomas. They went on to say that Thomas' passenger was the person killed in the crash.

The driver of the ambulance was identified as Franklin Boardin of Orangeburg. Troopers said there was a passenger inside the ambulance at the time of the crash.

The patrol's MAIT team is currently investigating the incident.

We'll bring you more information as it becomes available.

Copyright 2011 WIS. All rights reserved.



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