Man Dies After Truck Collides with Tree

2:52 AM, Sep 16, 2012   |    comments
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Newberry County, SC (WLTX) - One man is dead following a single vehicle collision in Newberry County Saturday.

The collision took place around 6 p.m. on SC 773.

Trooper Brent Kelly said an Irmo man driving a 2007 Chevy pickup ran off the right side of the road and hit a culvert pipe. The driver steered back onto the road, lost control, and ran off the left side of the road, colliding with a tree.

The driver was partially ejected from the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. The man's name has not been released.