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Two recovering, one killed in fatal accident
Posted: 11.22.2009 at 9:27 PM
Mola Lenghi

Mola is NewsChannel 15's weekend anchor.

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Read more: Local, Fatal Accident, South Carolina Highway Patrol, Highway 76, Sheppard Road, Eric Murphy, Killed, Marion, Marion County, Coroner Jerry Richardson, Pickup Truck, Tractor Trailer, Mcleod Hospital, Florence, New Hanover Medical Center, Wilmington, Pee Dee

Two people are still recovering after a fatal accident in the Pee Dee this weekend.

SC Highway Patrol says the accident happened on Highway 76 in Marion County, just outside of Marion.

Troopers say a pickup truck pulled out of Sheppard Road, onto Highway 76, when that truck was hit by a tractor-trailer.

Marion County Coroner Jerry Richardson says the driver of the pickup, 50-year-old Eric Murphy of Marion was killed.

A passenger in his truck was air-lifted to New Hanover Medical Center in Wilmington, while the driver of the tractor trailer was taken to McLeod Hospital in Florence.

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