LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC : Mother, son identified as victims in two-car crash near Batesburg on Thursday, January 26th 2017
Lexington, South Carolina
The Lexington County Coroner's Office has identified a mother and son who were killed near Batesburg on Thursday afternoon.
Coroner Margaret Fisher said Gary Lee Cook, 44, and Mary Cook, 69, were killed around 3 p.m. following the accident.
According to Fisher, the pair were traveling south on SC 391 in a 1992 Dodge pickup truck when it drove left of center and crashed into a 2008 Chevy pickup traveling north on the same roadway.
Both were wearing seatbelts.
The driver of the Chevy pickup was flown to a nearby hospital and his condition is stable. He was also wearing a seatbelt.
The accident happened one mile north of Batesburg-Leesville.
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Mother, son identified as victims in two-car crash near Batesburg