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Driver dead after car runs off road, hits tree in Lancaster County

LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — Troopers are investigating after one person was killed in a crash Monday in Lancaster County.

The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. on Shiloh Unity Road about 10 miles east of Lancaster.

According to troopers, a 1998 Ford pickup truck was traveling west when the truck ran off the left side of the roadway and hit a tree.

Troopers said the driver who was not wearing a seatbelt was pulled from the truck and pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver’s name has not yet been released.

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