Driver dies in crash after hitting deer in Marlboro County

MARLBORO COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Marlboro County.

Troopers were called to Carrolton Avenue near Highway 9, near Bennettsville, just after 8 a.m. Saturday for a single-car crash.

LCpl. Lena Butler with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the driver was on Carrolton Avenue when the car struck a deer and the car went off the road and into a ditch.

Butler said the driver was the only person in the car and died at the scene.

The coroner’s office has not released the name of the driver.

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