COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A man was severely injured over the weekend after he lost control of the pickup truck he was driving and ejected from the vehicle in Colleton County.

First responders took the man Saturday to the Trauma Center at HCA Trident Hospital in North Charleston where he is recovering from multiple injuries.

Crash investigators determined that the Chevy Silverado pickup truck was headed east on Peniel Road when it went off the shoulder and truck a mailbox.

As the driver was attempting to swerve he overcorrected crossing both lanes of the roadway before hitting a ditch on the opposite side of the road, crash investigators determined.

The truck then flipped three times and struck a pine tree 10 feet in the air before it came to rest sitting upright. The unrestrained

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