Midlands Coroner’s Office identifies driver who died following Newberry County crash

NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) – A Midlands Coroner’s Office has identified the driver who died after the vehicle they were operating struck a ditch and overturned[1].

The Newberry County Coroner’s Office reported on Nov.

27, Marcelino Rojas, 57, died at a hospital after being transported by helicopter following the collision.

Rojas was driving east on SC Highway 34 in a 1997 Ford pick up truck when the truck drifted off the right side of the road, struck a ditch, and overturned.

Coroner Laura Kneece said the crash remains under the investigation of the Newberry County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

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