[cointent_lockedcontent] By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal

goliver@upstatetoday.com

EASLEY — A single-car accident early Friday morning in Pickens County claimed the life of one person and injured another.

According to Pickens County coroner Kandy Kelley, 20-year-old Garrison Bryce Freeman was pronounced dead from blunt-force trauma at the scene of the accident, which occurred on Latham Road about a mile east of Easley city limits.

Cpl. Bill Rhyne, of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, said Sydnee Adora Jones, 19, of Easley, was driving when she lost control of her 2012 Nissan Altima. Rhyne said the vehicle ran off the right side of the road, overturned and struck a utility pole.

Jones, who Rhyne said was wearing a seatbelt, was not ejected or entrapped. She was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital to treat her injuries.

Freeman, who Rhyne said was entrapped in the vehicle, was wearing a seatbelt, according to Kelley.

The accident remains under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

The death was the 12th traffic fatality in Pickens County this year, compared to 10 over the same time period a year ago. Pickens County had also experienced 12 traffic fatalities at this time two years ago.

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