On Tuesday, March 1, a man was killed in a two vehicle wreck in Seneca.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, 66 year old Tommy Edward Roach, of the Utica community, was leaving Paw’s Diner on Clemson Boulevard together with his family shortly after 2 p.m. He was driving a 2003 Chevy Malibu. As he left the diner he pulled out in front of a 2010 Toyota Corolla being driven by 34 year old Nexsi Castillo of Newry. The Toyota hit the Chevy on the driver’s side.
Both Castillo and Roach were taken to Oconee Memorial Hospital where Castillo was treated and released but even though he was wearing a seatbelt, Roach died of his injuries due to blunt force trauma to the chest and abdomen.
Roach’s family were also injured and taken to hospital but no information was available on their condition.
The accident remains under investigation.
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