South Carolina man killed in crash involving SUV and pickup truck, officials say

One person was killed Saturday when an SUV and pickup truck were involved in a crash at an intersection, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

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Logan Anders, a 24-year-old Liberty resident, is the driver who died in what the Pickens County Coroner’s Office called an accident.

The two-vehicle collision happened at about 3:55 a.m. in Pickens County, said Master Trooper Joseph Rowell of the Highway Patrol.

Anders was driving a 1995 Jeep SUV south on North Freeman Road, according to Rowell. At the intersection with U.S. 178 Anders disregarded a stop sign and crashed into a 2016 Ford pickup truck, with boat in tow, that was driving east U.S. 178, Rowell said.

Anders, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Baptist Easley Hospital where he died before 5 a.m., according to the coroner’s office.

Rowell said that neither the pickup driver nor a passenger in the truck were hurt, and no other injuries were reported.

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There was no word if the people in the pickup were wearing seatbelts, but the wreck continues to be investigated by the Highway Patrol and coroner’s office. An autopsy will be performed this week, according to the coroner’s office.

Through May 31, at least 340 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2026, according to the state Department of Public Safety. A minimum of 914 people were killed in collisions in South Carolina in 2025, DPS data shows.

At least seven people have died in Pickens County crashes this year, and 16 people died in wrecks there in 2025, according to DPS data.