A driver died Monday night after a car crashed into a tree on Asbury Park Road near Topsail Drive in Anderson County, according to the Anderson County Coroner’s Office. The coroner’s office said it was called to the scene at 8:41 p.m., and as of the latest report, the victim had not yet been identified.
The crash was reported as a vehicle hitting a tree, according to foxcarolina.com, which cited the coroner’s office in confirming that one person died at the scene. No further details about the crash have been released. WYFF also reported on the fatal crash, noting that investigators had attributed the collision to a car striking a tree.
No Identification Released Yet
Authorities have not released the name of the person killed in the crash, and the coroner’s office has not provided additional information on what led up to it. The lack of detail leaves the circumstances of Monday night’s crash largely unknown for now.
This is not the first time a fatal crash involving a tree has drawn a coroner’s office response in Anderson County in recent memory. In October, the coroner’s office identified 32-year-old Justina Marie Waters as the victim of a crash in Starr, where a 2010 Honda Odyssey minivan went off the left side of Carl Baker Road and struck a ditch around 5:20 p.m., per the same outlet’s reporting.
Earlier Anderson County Crash Involved Highway Patrol
In a separate case from December 2023, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said a woman died after her 2002 Toyota sedan slid down an embankment and hit a tree on Airline Road, about 4.5 miles east of Starr, around 7:29 p.m. on a Sunday night. The coroner’s office later identified that victim as 28-year-old Jewels Leeandra Lathem, the same report noted.
Monday’s crash on Asbury Park Road remains under review, with the coroner’s office yet to release the identity of the person killed or any further details surrounding the incident.
