Deadly 7-vehicle crash blamed on I-85 ‘death trap’ traffic pattern near Gaffney, SC Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer
A “death trap” traffic pattern on Interstate 85 is being blamed for a seven-vehicle crash that killed three people near Gaffney, South Carolina, according to Cherokee County officials.
The three dead include a South Carolina couple and woman from Virginia, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said in a release.
It happened around 3:20 p.m. Thursday in a single-lane “chute” that diverts traffic around a construction project, Fowler said. The seven drivers were southbound in the “chute” when a chain reaction of rear-end collisions began.
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Show Transcript THIS IS WYFF NEWS 4 AT 11. GOOD EVENING. I’M TAGGART HAWK. WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS OUT OF CHEROKEE COUNTY ONE WOMAN IS DEAD AND OTHER PERSON INJURED AFTER A CRASH THERE THIS AFTERNOON. THE CORONER SAYS IT HAPPENED ON OLD GEORGIA HIGHWAY IN GAFFNEY. WE ARE TOLD 52 YEAR OLD TINA EASTLER WAS THE PASSENGER ON A HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE. THAT’S WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A NISSAN THAT FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BOTH EASLER AND THE DRIVER WERE EJECTED ON IMPACT EASLER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED TO SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER, BUT NO INFORMATION ABOUT WHETH
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