CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. —

Two people were killed in separate motor vehicle crashes on Thursday near Gaffney, according to Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler.

A driver of a pickup truck was traveling north on Concord Road just before 5:30 p.m. when the driver veered off the side of the road, striking a ditch before overturning, Fowler said.

According to Fowler, the victim was trapped in the vehicle and died at the scene.

The driver has been identified as Kelvin Bernard Fernanders, 49, of Gaffney.

The second fatal collision occurred at the intersection of S.C. Highway 150 North and Grassy Pond Road around 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Fowler said.

According to Fowler, a car was traveling east on Grassy Pond Road when it pulled into the path of a pickup truck traveling south on S.C. 150, Fowler

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