By Noah Feit
The Sun News
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Two people were killed Sunday in separate early morning crashes in Orangeburg County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
The first crash happened at about 5 a.m. on U.S. 321, said Sgt. Tyler Tidwell.
A 2016 Ford ambulance was driving south on U.S. 321 and near the intersection with Mack Road it hit a pedestrian, according to Tidwell. The pedestrian, later identified as 38-year-old Orangeburg resident Marcus Glover, was taken to an area hospital and died there, the Orangeburg County Coroner’s Office said.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, according to the coroner’s office.
Tidwell said that none of the people in the ambulance were hurt, and no other injuries were reported.
Less than an hour later another pedestrian was killed in an unrelated Orangeburg County crash.
At about 5:40 a.m., an unknown vehicle was driving north on Belleville Road when it crashed into another pedestrian, then it left the scene in a hit-and-run collision, according to Tidwell. That’s about 27 miles from the location of the first crash, and near Exit 145 on Interstate 26.
The pedestrian from the second collision also died, and has not been publicly identified by the coroner’s office.
Tidwell said the hit-and-run crash is under investigation by the Highway Patrol.
Anyone with information about the hit-and-run collision, or the vehicle and driver involved, is asked to call the Highway Patrol at 803-896-9621 or 800-768-1503, CrimeStoppers at 888-CRIME-SC or submit an online tip. Tips can also be texted to *HP.
Through June 8, at least 331 people had died on South Carolina roads in 2025, according to the state Department of Public Safety . Last year, at least 948 people died in crashes in South Carolina, DPS reported.
At least 10 people have died in Orangeburg County crashes in 2025, according to DPS data. There were 46 deaths in the county in 2024, DPS reported.
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