Incident # 26-04329 - Colleton and Dorchester County Fire-Rescue responded to a fatal vehicle accident on I-95 near the 69 mile marker South bound Saturday morning 23-May at 01:29. A southbound semi truck struck the guard rail then the bridge abutment before going over the bridge and overturning in the river bed. The truck received heavy damage and caught fire impinging on the bridge. The accident was in Dorchester County near the Colleton/Dorchester County line. Colleton Fire-Rescue units assisted Dorchester County units. The fire was quickly extinguished and the truck driver was located trapped in the wreckage. Tragically, the driver succumbed to their injuries. Southbound traffic was blocked for several hours until the accident could be cleared and SCDOT inspected the bridge.
Engine 26, Tender 5, Tender 26, Medic 26 and Battalion 1 responded. Firefighter-EMT Carson McAlhaney served as Colleton Incident Commander.
