Truck driver killed in I-26 crash

An Anderson truck driver was killed Wednesday afternoon in a crash on I-26.

South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt said the tractor-trailer, a 2022 Kenworth, struck a disabled vehicle and pedestrian changing a tire near mile marker 55 around 2 p.m.

Laurens County Chief Deputy Coroner Patti Canupp identified the deceased as Mark Anthony Bigby, 64.

Bolt said the Kenworth was going westbound on I-26 when it traveled off the right side of the road and struck a 2022 Ford pickup and the person attempting to change a flat tire. The tractor-trailer then hit a guardrail, went down an embankment and caught fire.

Bigby was the lone occupant of the tractor-trailer.

The driver of the pickup was transported to a local hospital by EMS. A passenger in the pickup was uninjured.