Colleton County Fire-Rescue
11/19/2020
19/November/2020 - Fatal MVC with entrapment - "C" Shift
Incident # 20-07969 - A 34 yr. old man died from injuries he
received in a single car MVC in the 8600 block of Lowcountry
Hwy. (US Hwy 21) at the intersection of Shiloh Loop Thursday
evening 19-November. At 21:33, another motorist reported the
accident. While emergency units were enroute, a second
caller advised the driver was trapped in the wreckage.
Additional Fire-Rescue units were assigned to the incident.
The first arriving Firefighter-Paramedics found the car with
heavy damage, wrapped around a pine tree. The driver was
trapped in the wreckage and had no signs of life. The
Coroner's Office was notified. Crews used Holmatro Rescue
Tools to remove two doors to gain access to the man. He was
extricated from the car and turned over to
the Coroner's Office. It appeared the south bound Saturn
crossed the northbound lane, struck a concrete culvert, then
several trees. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating the
crash.
Engine 13, Medic 13, Medic 18, Rescue 1, Battalion 1, Car
112 and Car 118 responded. Battalion Chief Brent Dalton
served as Incident Commander.
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