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Moped Driver Dead after 3 Vehicle Collision

10:19 AM, Jul 14, 2012   |    comments
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Officials from the South Carolina Highway Patrol say a three vehicle collision resulted in one death in Laurens County around 9:40pm Friday night.

According to Lance Corporal Sonny Collins, the victim was traveling south on US 25 riding a moped when a man in a 2005 Ford Pickup hit him from behind.

Officials say that the moped driver flew off his vehicle, landing on the highway, and was then fatality struck by a woman driving a 2007 Saturn Sport Utility.

Collins says the victim was not wearing a helmet. The driver of the Ford Pickup and the Saturn were not injured.

No charges have yet been filed.

This accident remains under investigation by the South Carolina High Patrol.