GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WCBD) – Authorities respond to a fatal single vehicle accident early Tuesday morning approximately 1:30 a.m. in Georgetown County. 

The driver, Fred Donnie (D.J.) Cribb, III, 24, was identified by the Georgetown County Deputy Coroner Chase Ridgeway.

Deputy Coroner Chase Ridgeway stated that the cause of death was multiple body trauma.

Cribb was operating a pickup truck on Rose Hill Road when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, over corrected and went off the left side of the road before hitting a ditch and a tree, according to Lance Corporal David Jones with the South Carolina Highway Patrol. 

The truck overturned and Cribb wasn’t wearing a seat belt as they were ejected from the vehicle, Jones added. 

Jones stated that the driver died on scene and the incident is still under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.