Crime & Safety
Columbia Man Dies in Wreck Near I-77
A passenger in one of the vehicles involved died from a head injury, according to the coroner's office.

A Columbia man died Friday after a crash at Jackson Boulevard and I-77, according to the Richland County Coroner's Office.
Stephen Deierlein Jr., 44, of Columbia was a passenger in the back seat of a vehicle that was hit by another vehicle on Thursday, Coroner Gary Watts said. Deierlein was taken to Palmetto Health Richland.
He died from a head injury, Watts said.
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The Columbia Police Department is investigating the wreck.
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