Weekend off to a deadly start on Pee Dee roads

By: Patricia Burkett | SCNow
Published: July 20, 2008

Three separate accidents claimed the lives of three Pee Dee residents since Friday.
The first one happened at around 7:40 p.m. Friday, on Vox Highway near Johnsonville.
Florence County Coroner Bubba Matthews said 29-year-old Cornell Brockington was driving at a high rate of speed, when his vehicle ran off the road and flipped several times.
Matthews said the force of the wreck threw Brockington from the vehicle, where he died at the scene.
The second accident left a pedestrian dead.
It happened overnight on Highway 41 alternate near Highway 917 in Marion County.
Marion County Coroner Jerry Richardson identified the victim as 50-year-old Kenny Coleman of the Zion community.
Richardson says the body was found on Highway 41 about one mile from Coleman's home.
He also said Coleman was hit at least two times, and that the second driver stopped and called authorities at around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Richardson says the body will be sent to M.U.S.C. in Charleston for an autopsy.
The highway patrol is investigating the crash.
The third deadly accident happened at around 7 a.m. Saturday on Mcallister Mill road in Florence County.
Coroner Matthews says 29-year-old Melanie Prosser was driving home from work at a high rate of speed, when she lost control of her car and it slid into a median.
Matthews says the vehicle eventually slammed into a ditch and burst into flames.
Matthews says Prosser was burned beyond recognition.
Her body will be sent to Charleston for an autopsy as well.

Weekend off to a deadly start on Pee Dee roads

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