Vehicle Hits 2 Utility Poles, Overturns

A single vehicle collided with two utility poles and transformer Sunday night on Ladson Road near Margaret Drive, according to S.C. Highway Patrol.

The vehicle overturned and entrapped the occupant, who was transported to MUSC. Electricity went down for surrounding residences, and SCE&G was on scene to fix the outage. 

The wreck occurred at around 6:25 p.m. Sunday and emergency officials were on scene until 9 p.m. SCE&G reported 81 homes were without electricity until 10 p.m. Sunday.

S.C. Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.

LowCountry Fire News reported first reported the incident via social media:

*Serious Crash* Ladson, Ladson Rd near Fairlawn overturned vehicle with people trapped powerlines down, Ladson Rd completely shut down Old Fort Fire on scene

Updated 2:05 p.m. Jan. 7 to add information from S.C. Highway Patrol.