Head-on crash in South Carolina leaves one dead, another in a hospital, cops say
Two Honda cars crashed on a Midlands road Wednesday, leaving one driver dead and the other in an area hospital, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The two-vehicle collision happened at about 4:10 p.m. in Kershaw County, said Master Trooper William Bennett.
A 2010 Honda Civic was driving south on Old Stagecoach Road in a rural part of the county east of Camden, according to Bennett. Near the intersection with Timber Creek Road the Civic collided head-on with a 2011 Honda Accord that was driving north on Old Stagecoach Road, Bennett said.
The Civic driver died at the scene, according to Bennett.
The Kershaw County Coroner’s Office has not publicly identified the Civic driver.
The Accord driver was hurt and taken to Prisma Health Richland hospital in Columbia, Bennett said. Further information on the Accord driver’s condition was not available.
Bennett said the drivers were the only people in their respective vehicles, and no other injuries were reported.
There was no word if either driver was wearing a seatbelt.
Information about what caused the Honda cars to collide was not available, but the wreck continues to be investigated by the Highway Patrol.
Through Sunday, 55 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2026, according to the state Department of Public Safety. A minimum of 914 people were killed in collisions in South Carolina in 2025, DPS data shows.
This was the second deadly crash of the new year in Kershaw County, where 15 people died in 2025 wrecks, according to DPS data.
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This story was originally published February 12, 2026 at 9:57 AM with the headline "Head-on crash in South Carolina leaves one dead, another in a hospital, cops say."
