Crime & Public Safety
Single-vehicle blaze after crash in Longs leaves one injured
A crash near Longs in Horry County resulted in a vehicle fire and one person taken to hospital. The collision occurred in the area of Highway 905 and East Highway 9 just after 7:00 a.m., according to the responding fire agency. One of the involved vehicles caught fire; crews reported the blaze was extinguished at the scene.
Horry County Fire Rescue was dispatched to the crash and extinguished the vehicle fire. The injured occupant was transported to a hospital by emergency personnel; no additional patient details are documented in the agency report. South Carolina Highway Patrol has opened an investigation into the crash, and Horry County Police Department is listed as assisting the state agency.
The known, documented facts are that emergency responders extinguished a vehicle fire at the Highway 905 and East Highway 9 crash site, one person suffered injuries and was taken to a hospital, and the South Carolina Highway Patrol is handling the investigation with local assistance. There are no documented allegations about the cause, fault, impairment, or charges in the public agency notes provided. The current case status is an active investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol with local agency support; no arrests, citations, or crash determinations were included in the released information.
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