Pinewood Road crash ends in one fatality

A May 8 crash on Pinewood Road in Sumter County ended in one fatality.

According to SCHP Master Trooper Mitchell R. Ridgeway, a 1998 Nissan pickup that was legally parked on the shoulder of Pinewood Road near Gwendale Road was sideswiped by a 2000 GMC pickup traveling south at approximately 3:25 p.m. on Thursday, May 8.

After hitting the parked vehicle, the driver of the GMC traveled off the roadway to the right and struck a tree.

The driver, who was transported by EMS to Prisma Health Richland, died at the hospital.

The crash remains under investigation by SCHP.