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A person is dead following a weekend car crash in Richland County near Columbia.
South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper William Bennett said in a release that the wreck happened at about 1:09 a.m. Aug. 2 on Trotter Road near the intersection of Crestmore Drive. That’s near Leesburg Road, east of Columbia.
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The Highway Patrol said a 2026 Subaru SUV was traveling east on Trotter Road when it went off the road to the left and hit a tree, a culvert and a power pole, then overturned. The driver was the only occupant of the SUV, and died at the scene, Highway Patrol said.
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The deceased had not been publicly identified as of Monday afternoon. The wreck remains under investigation, Bennett said.
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