Two Accidents Claim Two Lives in Aiken County Saturday
Separate accidents in Aiken County claimed two lives on Saturday. The first wreck was reported at 1:45 a.m. on Chalk Bed Road.
Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables says 36-year-old Stephen A. Hicks of Augusta lost control of his truck, the vehicle overturned and he died at the scene from blunt force trauma. Ables says Hicks was not wearing a seat belt.
Later on Saturday, a Newberry man was killed in a single vehicle accident on Ascauga Lake Road near Sleepy Hollow Lane in Graniteville. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the driver, whose identity has not been released yet, veered off the road and crashed into a tree. The driver died at the scene.
Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.
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