Date of Incident: October 26, 2025
South Carolina Reporting Authority: Berkeley County Coroner
Type of Accident: Sideswipe and Head-on Collision
Location of Accident: Near Intersection of North Highway 17A and Peartree Lane
Injuries: One fatality
Description of Accident: A 24-year-old woman was tragically killed Sunday afternoon in a multi-vehicle crash near the intersection of N Highway 17A and Peartree Lane. Around 4:30 p.m., the woman was driving a Chevy Malibu northbound when her vehicle sideswiped a Ford pickup truck traveling south. The Malibu then collided head-on with a semi-truck that had been traveling behind the pickup on the two-lane highway.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. All motorists involved were driving alone at the time of the collision, and both the pickup truck driver and the semi-truck driver were unharmed.
Local Media Coverage: 24-year-old identified in fatal head-on Berkeley County collision
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