Greenville, S.C. — A Greenville man was killed early Monday when an SUV left the roadway on Pelzer Highway in Pickens County, overturned and struck a utility trailer, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.
Troopers said the crash happened around 1:52 a.m. on Pelzer Highway near Tinsley Drive, close to Easley High School. A 1998 Ford Explorer was traveling west when it went off the right side of the road, the driver overcorrected, and the vehicle flipped before hitting a utility trailer.
The Pickens County Coroner Office identified the driver as Matthew Dale Barton, 21, of Greenville. Barton was unrestrained at the time of the crash, the coroner office said.
The coroner office said it was called to Prisma Baptist Easley Hospital on Monday for a death following the crash. A passenger was taken by EMS to an area hospital; their condition was not released.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Pickens County Coroner Office continue to investigate the wreck.
