Conway, SC : 1 dead in 8-car crash on Interstate 5 near Conway on Tuesday, 30th April 2019

One person is dead and several others are injured after an eight-vehicle crash near Conway. The highway re-opened about noon.

All lanes of southbound Interstate 5 were shut down at Exit 221 and SR 534, said State Patrol trooper Heather Axtman. The backup stretched several miles from Conway to at least south Mount Vernon.

The crash occurred about 5:30 a.m., Axtman said, during what appeared to be a normal traffic slow-down.

The roadway didn't reopen until around noon.

A person driving a box truck apparently failed to slow for the traffic and rear-ended a van, she said. The box truck was then engulfed in flames.

The driver of the van was killed at the scene, Axtman said.

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