BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Lexington County officials say a mother and her son have been killed in a wreck near Batesburg-Leesville High School.
Coroner Margaret Fisher told local media outlets that the wreck happened shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday when the victims’ pickup truck ran into another pickup head-on.
Fisher said Friday that the victims were 69-year-old Mary Cook and 44-year-old Gary Lee Cook, both of Batesburg-Leesville.
The driver of the other pickup was taken to Palmetto Health Richland Hospital in Columbia in stable condition. The person’s name was not released.
The coroner’s office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are still investigating.
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