Coroner IDs victim of fatal collision in Sumter County

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - A person was pronounced deceased and another was injured after a fatal collision Wednesday morning.

According to Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker, Lawrence Gipson, 46, of Wedgefield was the victim pronounced deceased at the scene.

S.C. Highway Patrol said the driver of a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling South on S.C. Highway 441 when it struck the rear of a 2020 Peterbilt dump truck, while the truck was stopped for a school bus.

An autopsy for Gipson will be performed at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston on Thursday morning.

The driver of the dump truck was taken to Prisma Health Tuomey for injuries.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Sumter County Coroner’s Office are investigating the collision.

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