Woman pulled from overturned car after Rock Hill wreck has died

The woman who was pulled from an overturned car and airlifted to a hospital after a violent collision in Rock Hill over the weekend has died.

Authorities confirmed that Truc Tran, 43, died late Tuesday night at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, two days after the rescue of Tran and two other people by Rock Hill firefighters was captured on video.

A Toyota Camry carrying Tran on West Robertson Road/Falls Road on Sunday afternoon when the car was struck by a black SUV in the intersection with Ogden Road. The car flipped onto its side and landed in a culvert in front of the S.C. Department of Transportation office on Ogden, injuring a man and young boy in the car with Tran.

All three had to be cut out of the vehicle, and both Tran and the boy were transported from the scene for medical treatment. Tran was the most seriously injured and was airlifted by helicopter to Charlotte, where she died about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to York County Coroner Sabrina Gast.

Rock Hill police traffic investigators determined Tran’s car was at fault for the collision, said police Capt. Mark Bollinger. There is a stop sign on Robertson at the intersection, but not on Ogden. Police do not believe Tran was the driver of the car.

Several churchgoers leaving Sunday services rushed to the passengers’ aid when the accident occurred around 1 p.m. Sunday, including Justin Murphy, a Charlotte-based home nurse.

Murphy was leaving services at Greater Life Ministries on Mockingbird Lane when he says he got a call from a fellow church member about the wreck. Arriving on scene, he said he could see Tran and the boy unconscious on the back seat.

“I knew there was no way I could have reached them,” Murphy said. “I was reaching in there and put my hand on his back and started rubbing. When I heard him crying, I knew he was conscious, and I wanted to keep his crying until the paramedics got there.”

Several other people at the scene attempted to force open the Camry’s doors to get the family inside out, but Murphy says from his medical training, he knows it’s best for untrained bystanders not to try to move injured people in a situation where it could exacerbate their injuries.

“Just call the EMTs and the fire department and let them do their job,” he said. “Don’t aggravate it by trying to be Superman.”

This story was originally published June 9, 2016 at 4:32 PM with the headline "Woman pulled from overturned car after Rock Hill wreck has died."