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Date of Incident: July 19, 2025

South Carolina Reporting Authority: South Carolina Highway Patrol

Type of Accident: Multi-vehicle collision

Location of Accident: I‑20 (MM 51 under Longs Pond Road overpass), Lexington County, S.C.

Injuries: One Fatality, three injured

Description of Accident: A chain‐reaction crash on I‑20 near the Longs Pond Road overpass involved five vehicles, including four motorcycles and a Chrysler sedan. The sedan veered off the road and struck the four stopped motorcycles on the shoulder at approximately 3:20 p.m. A rider on a 2015 Harley-Davidson was fatally injured and pronounced dead at the scene. Three other individuals sustained non‑life‑threatening injuries and were hospitalized. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is leading the investigation into the circumstances that caused the sedan to leave the roadway.

Local Media Coverage: Five vehicle collision on I-20 leaves one dead, three injured

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