SALUDA, S.C. — Authorities say a woman riding in a pickup has died on a Saluda County road after the vehicle in front of her hit a deer, throwing the animal into her vehicle.
Troopers say a 2001 Kia first struck the deer around 9:35 p.m. Friday on a rural road about 7 miles north of Saluda.
Troopers say the animal was thrown in the air by the impact, going into the passenger side of a 1999 Ford pickup and killing the woman.
Authorities say the two people in the Kia and the driver of the pickup were not injured.
Saluda County Coroner Keith Turner told The Index-Journal of Greenwood that 45-year-old Jennifer Wertz died at the scene.