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  • Three weekend vehicle fatalities in Fairfield

    WINNSBORO – Three separate vehicle incidents took the lives of three women on Saturday in Fairfield County.

    Barbara Jean Brown, a pedestrian, died after she was struck by a Jeep Cherokee at the intersection of South Garden Street and Palmer Street in Winnsboro about 10 minutes before midnight on Friday, July 13. Brown was transported to Palmetto Health Richland Hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries at approximately 1:41 a.m. on Saturday, July 14.

    The accident remains under investigation by the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office and the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety.

    Mary Hackle, a front seat passenger in a 2012 Nissan Altma Sedan died following a single vehicle accident that occurred about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 14

    The vehicle was traveling north on Landis Road when it traveled off the left side of the roadway where it struck a ditch and overturned. The driver and Hackle were taken to the hospital where Hackle later died.

    Later that same day, about 7:30 p.m., Tyana Lanishia Hood, died in a single car accident on Old River Road near US-21 approximately nine miles east of Winnsboro.

    The 2015 Chevy Cruze which Hood was driving exited the left side of the roadway and struck a tree. Hood and a passenger in the vehicle were taken to the hospital where Hood died from her injuries.

    Both accidents are being investigated by the Fairfield County Coroner’s office and the S.C. Highway Patrol.

  • Blair man dies in fire

    BLAIR – The Fairfield County Coroner’s Office, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Department and SLED are investigating a residential fire which occurred around 9:00 AM on Dec. 16 at 1520 Hwy. 215 North in Blair.

    Coroner Chris Hill states that the body of George E. Kennerly, age 74, was discovered in the burnt remains of his residence. The cause of the fire has not been determined at this time.

  • Updated: Pedestrian Hit and Run Fatality

    WINNSBORO – The Fairfield County Coroner’s Office, along with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, are investigating a pedestrian fatality, which occurred on Hwy. 34, in Fairfield County at approximately 7 a.m., Dec. 12.

    Coroner Chris Hill states that Lamont Andre Jackson, age 40, of 410 Palmer Street in Winnsboro died from injuries received when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle.

    At this time the Coroner’s Office is seeking information on a 4-door Nissan, white in color with damage to the front end of the vehicle.

    The incident remains under investigation by the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office and South Carolina Highway Patrol.

    Troopers are asking anyone with information about the collision or about the vehicle of interest to contact the South Carolina Highway Patrol at (803) 896-9621 or 1-800-768-1501.

  • Fairfield Man killed in Hit and Run

    FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Fairfield County Coroner’s Office along with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, are investigating a pedestrian fatality which occurred at 17895 Highway 34 West in Fairfield County at approximately 12:48 AM, on November 19, 2017.

    Coroner Chris Hill states that Tavares Deantonio March, age 33, of 1517 Chappelltown Road in Winnsboro died from injuries received when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle.

    The incident remains under investigation by the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office and South Carolina Highway Patrol.

  • Winnsboro Man Killed in Weekend Car Crash

    A Winnsboro man was killed last weekend when his 2001 Jeep Cherokee crashed off Highway 269 in the early morning hours of Dec. 23.

    Fairfield County Coroner Barkley Ramsey said 21-year-old Stephen Roof, of Old Roof Road in Winnsboro, died at approximately 3 a.m. Dec. 23 from injuries sustained in the one-car accident. The wreckage, however, was not discovered until 7:15 a.m., according to the S.C. Highway Patrol. The Highway Patrol said Roof was traveling east on 269 when the Jeep ran off the left side of the road and overturned several times. Ramsey said the Jeep left approximately 460-feet of skid marks on the roadway leading up to the curve where Roof left the road, 1.6 miles south of Winnsboro. Ramsey said once the Jeep left the road, it continued out across a nearby field, flipping several times before it finally came to rest some 400 feet from the main road. Roof had been visiting friends in Columbia earlier that evening and was not expected home that night, Ramsey said. That, and the distance from the main road of the wreck, account for the delay in discovering the accident, he said.

    The Highway Patrol said Roof was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, which remains under investigation. Ramsey said that speed appears to be a factor in the fatal crash.