A 4-year-old boy died following an early-morning crash in Spartanburg on Tuesday, according to the county coroner's office. The child was identified as Lennox Josiah Brownlee of Meridian River Run in Spartanburg.
The Spartanburg County Coroner's Office reported that Brownlee died following the crash, according to FOX Carolina News. Officials were called to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, per the same report.
Brownlee had been taken from the crash site on Reidville Road, between a Hardee's and a Toyota dealership in Spartanburg, the outlet's report states. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, though the circumstances that led up to it have not been detailed publicly.
A Stretch of Road With a Troubled History
Tuesday's crash marks the second fatal wreck on Reidville Road to draw attention from local authorities in recent memory. In March 2025, a sedan and a minivan collided at the intersection of Reidville Road and Highway 417 in Moore around 10:52 p.m., according to a separate FOX Carolina News report.
In that earlier crash, the sedan's driver died at the scene, while the minivan's driver and two occupants were taken to the hospital. The coroner later identified the sedan's driver as 45-year-old Damarcus Alexander Porter. A passenger injured in that crash, 20-year-old Lillian Mae Garner, died on March 15, with the coroner's office noting that organ donation procedures had delayed reporting her death.
WYFF reported that troopers described that crash as involving a westbound Lincoln sedan and an eastbound Honda minivan colliding at the Highway 417 intersection.
No further details about Tuesday's crash, including its cause or whether anyone else was hurt, have been released. The South Carolina Highway Patrol's investigation remains active.
