Car crash kills Aiken teen on the way to work-study
By Staff
Published: Jan. 24, 2024 at 12:45 PM EST|Updated: Jan. 26, 2024 at 6:55 AM EST
AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Aiken County Coroner’s Office is investigating a single-vehicle accident that claimed the life of an Aiken teenager.
The accident happened Wednesday at 9:50 a.m. on Green Pond Road at Modoc Lane.
Authorities say the driver of a 2007 Mercury SUV was traveling north on Green Pond Road when the vehicle crossed the center line, overcorrected, traveled off the right side of the road and hit a tree.
The driver was the sole occupant of the sport utility vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle, identified as 18-year-old Emily Heath, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to Coroner Darryl Ables.
The coroner’s office says a toxicology analysis is pending.
The Aiken County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating.
A friend of the Heath family stated she was on her way to work at Aloha Aesthetics as part of a work-study program for phlebotomy when the accident occurred.
The friend also told us Heath had already completed her lab tech certification and was planning to attend college for a degree in nursing.
Heath was a senior at Silver Bluff High School, her principal released this statement Thursday morning.
The Biomedical Service Program at Aiken County’s Career and Technology Center also released a statement Thursday.
Heath’s family will greet friends on Sunday, Jan. 28, at Talatha Baptist Church in Aiken starting at 1 p.m., Hatcher Funeral Home stated on Facebook.
