Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

At about 6:45 PM Saturday evening, along I-26, near Newberry, South Carolina, an 11-year-old boy was killed, possibly after being stricken by a tractor trailer, which had come into the median. The little boy was traveling in a car with his mother and at least one sibling. (Some details have not yet been clarified). Their vehicle somehow collided with the guardrail, and came to rest in the left lane of the interstate. The mother gathered up her children, and tried to get into the median, when a pickup truck came along. The pickup truck may have knocked the 11-year-old into the median. An 18-wheeler soon came upon the scene. The tractor trailer reportedly drove into the median, where it may have stricken the boy, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Both the Newberry County Sheriff's Department and the South Carolina Highway Patrol reported to the scene. The Highway Patrol's Major Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T) will conclude its investigation and release its findings soon.