Crashes kill 1, injure others hours apart in Augusta, Aiken

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – After an early morning fatal crash in Augusta, just hours later another crash injured at least one person on Tuesday, according to authorities.

In Augusta

The Coroner’s Office is investigating a traffic death on I-20 and Riverwatch Parkway early Wednesday morning.

Coroner Mark Bowen says the vehicle was traveling west on I-20 when the driver apparently lost control at a high rate of speed.

The vehicle struck the center guardrail and overturn several times, Bowen says.

Driver was pronounced dead on scene 3:10 a.m., according to Bowen.

The victim’s identity will be released once next of kin notified, Bowen says.

In Aiken

A two-vehicle car crash near Edgefield Highway in Aiken has injured at least one person early Wednesday, according to authorities.

Aiken County dispatch says South Carolina Highway Patrol was on the way to the scene at 6:50 a.m. to the crash on Reynolds Pond Road across from Edgefield Highway.

Dispatch says at least one person has been injured, and Reynolds Pond Road was completely blocked.

We were on the way to the scene to learn more.

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