A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday evening on Goodwin Bridge Road in Travelers Rest, according to the Greenville County Coroner's Office. Officials were called to the scene at approximately 5:20 p.m., and one person was confirmed dead. The victim's identity had not been released as of the initial report.
The crash was first reported by WSPA, which confirmed that officials responded to Goodwin Bridge Road in Travelers Rest at approximately 5:20 p.m. Friday. The outlet reported that one person was confirmed dead and that their identity had not been released at the time. FOX Carolina also reported that the Greenville County Coroner's Office responded to the deadly crash on Goodwin Bridge Road in Travelers Rest.
No further details about the circumstances of the crash, including the specific type of vehicle involved or whether the person was walking along the roadway or crossing it, were available in the initial reporting. The Greenville County Coroner's Office and South Carolina Highway Patrol were investigating the crash.
A Pattern of Pedestrian Deaths in Travelers Rest
Friday's crash is not the first fatal pedestrian incident to strike this stretch of Greenville County this year. In February, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on the N. Highway 25 bypass at Roe Ford Road in Travelers Rest around 5 a.m., the station's report noted. That victim was later identified as 30-year-old Devin Glenn Tipton of Greenville.
In a separate incident, two pedestrians were struck by a single vehicle near Glenview Park Place and North Main Street, leaving one person dead and another injured. The woman killed in that crash, Jennifer Weitzel Berry of Travelers Rest, was pronounced dead at the scene, per the same account.
Travelers Rest has also seen fatal crashes involving other types of vehicles. According to WYFF4, 27-year-old Charles Forest Taylor died after a motorcycle collided with an SUV at the intersection of North Poinsett Highway and Tubbs Mountain Road around 5:40 p.m.
Countywide Fatality Figures Show Conflicting Trends
Broader traffic-safety data for Greenville County paints a complicated picture. Earlier reporting from WSPA noted that the South Carolina Department of Public Safety reported 16 traffic-related deaths in the county between January 1 and June 1, 2025, compared with 41 during the same period in 2024. However, the Greenville County Coroner's Office reported different figures for that same stretch, citing approximately 18 deaths in 2025 versus roughly 53 the year before — a discrepancy the station's report did not explain.
The coroner's office also said Greenville County recorded 97 total traffic fatalities in 2024 across vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian and motorcycle accidents, and that most of the 18 fatalities reported through the first half of 2025 were vehicle-related. Separately, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety notes that its fatality figures posted online are preliminary, based on data compiled as of 11:59 p.m. on October 11, 2026, according to the agency's own fatalities tracker.
No additional details about Friday's crash on Goodwin Bridge Road had been released at the time of publication.
