Two injured Sunday in Interstate 85 wreck in Anderson County
Emergency rescue crews work to pull people trapped in a SUV that fell into a creek from a bridge while driving on I-85 North on Sunday afternoon
Emergency rescue crews work to pull people trapped in a SUV that fell into a creek from a bridge while driving on I-85 North on Sunday afternoon.
FAIR PLAY — A second wreck in less than 24 hours on Interstate 85 resulted in injuries and tied up traffic near Fair Play, according to authorities.
Emergency crews responded about 1:40 p.m. Sunday to a traffic accident on I-85 near mile marker 6 involving a 2004 Ford Explorer that went off the road between the north- and south-bound lanes. Two people were injured and taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital but their conditions were not available at 7 p.m. Sunday, said Sandy Dees, a spokesperson for the hospital.
Scarlet Brickhouse, 27, of Richmond, Va. was the driver of the Ford Explorer and was freed from the vehicle before being airlifted to the hospital, according to Cpl. Bryan McDougald of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. She was wearing a seat belt. Kevin McKeithan of Richmond, Va. was a passenger in the vehicle and was also transported to the hospital, according to McDougald.
The vehicle was towing a trailer with motorcycles in it that caused the driver to lose control as the vehicle slid from side-to-side, according to McDougald. Northbound I-85 was backed up for seven miles into Georgia.
The Ford Explorer was flipped over on its roof and landed 30 feet to 40 feet below the interstate in a creek. The vehicle was headed northbound when the accident occurred.
Pendleton and Townville EMS units, Oakway Rescue Squad, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to the accident.
Petra Wallace, 39, of Lavonia, Ga., called 911 after watching the crash in her rear view mirror. She said she was driving northbound on I-85 about 25 feet in front of the sport utility vehicle when it started swaying from side-to-side before approaching the bridge.
Wallace said the SUV flipped over about four times before falling over the guardrail. The car sat upside-down below the bridge between the northbound and southbound lanes of I-85.
“Nobody was ejected,” she said. “They were in the vehicle.”
Wallace said an emergency responder in the vicinity of crash came to aid of the victims immediately. Other emergency personnel arrived about in three or four minutes, she said.
On Saturday, three people were hurt when the driver of truck fell asleep and the truck left Interstate 85 and hit a tree about 4:35 p.m. near mile marker 7, according to the Highway Patrol. The accident occurred in the northbound lane, according to authorities.
Luwanna Kitchen, 52, of Hampton, Va., was identified as the driver of the truck. She was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Kitchen was listed in fair condition in the hospital at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dees said.
Two passengers also were extricated from the vehicle. Phillip Wyche, 55, of Highland Springs, Va., a passenger in the truck, also was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital. A second passenger, who was not identified, was taken to AnMed Health Medical Center.
Kitchen faces charges of driving too fast for conditions and falling asleep while driving, according to authorities.
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