An 84-year-old woman died Friday when the car she was driving crossed the center line on SC 11 in Pickens County, left the roadway and overturned after striking an embankment. A passenger in the vehicle was flown to a Greenville hospital following the crash near Roy F. Jones Highway.
The Pickens County Coroner’s Office identified the woman who died as 84-year-old Mylla Fisk Markland. According to foxcarolina.com, the coroner said Markland was from Irmo, though a separate report lists her hometown with a slightly different spelling. The station reported that a 2012 Lexus was traveling south on SC 11 when it crossed the center line, went off the left side of the road, hit an embankment and overturned.
The crash happened on SC 11 near Roy F. Jones Highway in Pickens County, as reported by wspa.com. One person was killed after the car overturned, according to a report from Yahoo News.
Conflicting Details on Passenger’s Condition
Accounts differ on how badly the passenger was hurt. The same Fox Carolina report states a passenger was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital and was in critical condition, while Yahoo News reported that a passenger was flown by helicopter to Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital with a condition described as unknown.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Pickens County Coroner’s Office were both involved in examining the crash. The incident remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, per the station’s report, and no further details on the cause have been released.
WYFF News 4 also covered the crash, reporting that the car was traveling south on Highway 11 near Roy F. Jones Highway in Sunset before leaving the roadway and overturning, according to the WYFF account of troopers’ findings. That report similarly noted that one person died in the crash, according to troopers.
