Tanker Truck Collision Takes Lives of Two in Sumter County, SC
The collision between a fuel oil tanker truck and a Saturn Vue in the evening of August 20, 2008, ended with the deaths of the two occupants of the car and injuries to the truck driver. The wreck happened around 9:00 p.m. near the Florence county line, at the intersection of Highway 53 and Highway 341, at Hobbs Crossroads. Witnesses report the Saturn turned into the path of the truck, which then struck the Saturn’s passenger side. The truck overturned, puncturing the tank and spilling about 4,000 of the 7,000 gallons it carried. The truck driver was airlifted to Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. Both occupants of the car, Travis Lee Wyatt of Florence, SC and Mac Elwood Floyd Jr. of Effingham, SC, died at the scene. The truck, based in Lake City, was returning from Charlotte. SC DHEC crews expected to complete their environmental cleanup by August 22.
Thanks to The State and WIS television for reporting.
