1 dead in overnight night crash on Highway 31 in Horry County
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — One person was killed Sunday in an early morning crash on Highway 31 in Horry County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
It happened at about 2 a.m. near Highway 707 when a 2016 Hyundai Sonata traveling south went off the left side of the road and hit a concrete barrier, SCHP Sgt. Tyler Tidwell said. The car then went into the median and over an embankment before overturning,
The driver was the only person in the car and died at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Tidwell said. No additional information was immediately available.
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