'Death Zone' Wreck Snarls Traffic

A single-vehicle wreck Wednesday morning caused traffic delays for westbound traffic well into rush hour. 

According to S.C. Highway Patrol, Samuel E. Grant, 55, of Sumter crashed his 18-wheeler truck near milemarker 170 on Interstate 26 — an area dubbed by local media as the "death zone." Grant was transported by air to MUSC.

The incident occured just after 3:45 a.m., but highway patrol did not re-open lanes until around 8 a.m. 

The truck was a 2005 Freightliner, carrying a roll of steel.

According to highway patrol, Grant was traveling westbound on I-26, when near the milemarker 170 the vehicle ran off the interstate and struck several trees. Some of those trees landed in the interstate. 

The collision is still under investigation.

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