LIBERTY — A Liberty man has died after a crash in Pickens County, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Pickens County Coroner’s Office.
Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as 72-year-old Billy Manley of Liberty.
According to SCHP, the collision happened on Wyatt Stewart Road in Liberty around 10:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Troopers said Manley was traveling west on Wyatt Stewart Road when he drove off the side of the road and hit a fence and then a tree.
Manley was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene from blunt force trauma, according to the Coroner’s Office.
The crash remains under investigation by the SCHP.
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