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Father killed, family taken to hospital in crash on Interstate 26

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NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC (WIS) -

The Newberry County Coroner's office has identified the man killed in a crash on Interstate 26 Sunday morning.

35-year-old Sandro Desantiago-Ramirez of Taylors died at the scene at the 76 mile marker in Newberry County.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports Desantiago-Ramirez was headed eastbound and lost control of his SUV at about 6:45 a.m. The SUV overturned in the median.

Three passengers were taken to Palmetto Health Richland.  The coroner's office said the other victims were Desantiago-Ramirez's wife and six and nine-year-old children.

Investigators say all of the vehicle's occupants were wearing seat belts.

Interstate 26 was blocked for about an hour because of the crash.

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