One Killed, One Injured in ATV Crash

YORK COUNTY, S.C.– Officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say one person died and another was airlifted to the hospital after an ATV and a pickup truck collided Saturday afternoon.  

The accident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Goose Hollow Road in Hickory Grove.  

Officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say the driver of the ATV was not wearing a helmet and was ejected from the vehicle.  He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The York County Coroner identified the victim as 17-year-old Dalton Wright of Hickory Grove.  

Gregory Thompson, 17, was also riding the ATV and was not wearing a helmet and was ejected. Thompson was airlifted to the hospital.

A 16-year-old girl was driving the Dodge pickup truck and was not injured.  Her 49-year-old passenger was not injured.

The accident is still under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.