Jockey killed in crash
Published: Nov. 25, 2013 at 2:21 PM EST|Updated: Dec. 5, 2013 at 2:21 PM EST
CALHOUN COUNTY, SC (WIS) - A horse jockey was killed in a crash Sunday morning near St. Matthews.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened on Longstreet Road around 8:20 a.m.
Calhoun County Coroner Donnie Porth said 20-year-old Andres Vargas-Sanchez died when the 2002 Volkswagen Jetta he was driving ran off the left side and struck several trees. He was not wearing a seatbelt, the coroner said.
Vargas-Sanchez was a jockey who was training at a nearby horse facility.
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