Officials: Charlotte man killed after wrong-way crash on I-77 in York County
The driver of a pickup truck was killed Saturday morning in York County after he traveled in the wrong direction on Interstate 77 and hit another vehicle, officials said.
The name of the driver who died is Alfredo Reyes Castillo, 38, of Charlotte, according to the York County Coroner’s Office.
The crash happened around 2 a.m. on northbound I-77 near mile marker 72, south of Rock Hill, said Master Trooper Brandon Bolt of the S.C. Highway Patrol. The crash site is near the S.C. 901 exit, north of the Chester County line.
Castillo was heading south on northbound I-77 when the truck struck a northbound tractor-truck, Bolt said.
Castillo wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle, Bolt said.
The driver of the tractor-truck was not injured, Bolt said.
The collision remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the S.C. Department of Public Safety.
This story was originally published January 16, 2021 at 9:51 AM with the headline "Officials: Charlotte man killed after wrong-way crash on I-77 in York County."
