MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCBD) – A person has died following a Thursday morning house collapse in Moncks Corner.

Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell said early Friday that it was notified around 9:18 p.m. that a patient at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Burn Unit had died.

Emergency officials received a call shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday regarding a collapsed house with people trapped inside off Rufus Lane in Moncks Corner.

Two people were extricated from the collapsed structure.

One of the two involved was identified as 65-year-old Sandra Tillman of New York, who died hours later from injuries and complications connected to the incident.

The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office, State Law Enforcement Division, and the South Carolina Fire Marshal are investigating.

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