Clover High School junior killed when truck strikes tree in crash, officials say
A junior at Clover High School who was driving a pickup truck died in a crash Tuesday afternoon in York County, officials said.
Sami Fayad, 16, died at the scene on Kingsburry Road, the York County Coroner’s Office said in a statement released Wednesday morning. Fayad would have turned 17 on April 28, the statement said. The area of the crash is east of the school.
Fayad was in 11th grade at the school, said Bryan Dillon, spokesman for the Clover school district.
The school will have counselors available for students and staff for as long as needed, Dillon said.
Clover school officials were planning to release a statement to school families later Wednesday, Dillon said.
Master Trooper Gary Miller of the S.C. Highway Patrol said in a statement Fayad was the driver and only person in a 2023 Toyota pickup truck that went off the road and hit a tree before 3 p.m. No other vehicles were involved, Miller said.
The wreck remains under investigation.
