LEXINGTON, S.C. — A Columbia man has been arrested after a crash that closed South Lake Drive in Lexington for hours early Thursday morning.
Kyle Anthony Greenwood, 31 of Columbia, is charged with driving under the influence. The arrest was made during a single-car collision investigation that occurred overnight.
Police say the accident happened around 1:35 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of South Lake Drive (SC-6) near Gibson Road. Officers identified the driver as Kyle Greenwood and found that his black Dodge Charger had left the roadway and hit a wooden power pole.
The collision caused the power pole to be broken in half and power lines were on the roadway. South Lake Drive was closed and traffic detoured for several hours Thursday morning.
Lanes reopened just after 8:15 a.m. but drivers continued to experienced delays and congestion as they worked their way through the Town of Lexington.
Dominion Energy reported 72 outages at 6:30 a.m.