A South Carolina man recently died in a Midlands hospital, days after a crash that left another person injured, officials said.
Joseph T. Ray, a 35-year-old Saluda resident, died at Lexington Medical Center Nov. 15, three days after the wreck, Saluda County Coroner Keith Turner said.
The two-vehicle collision happened at about 5:45 a.m. Nov. 12 at the intersection of U.S. 178/Batesburg Highway and Duncan Road , according to Master Trooper William Bennett of the South Carolina Highway Patrol . That’s in the Batesburg-Leesville area, near W.W. King Academy.
Ray was driving a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck north on Duncan Road, and at the intersection it collided with a 2010 Jeep that was heading east on U.S. 178, Bennett said. Both vehicles then ran off the left side of the road, where the Chevy crashed into a ditch and the Jeep flipped over, according to Bennett.
Ray was taken to Lexington Medical Center and died on the morning of Nov. 15, Turner said. Ray was the only person in the Chevy pickup, according to Bennett.