Accident causes death in Chester County

A person has died following a car accident in Chester county Tuesday. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the collision happened just after noon yesterday on I-77 around mile marker 33. It was a 2001 Dodge Ram truck going north on the interstate and it went off the right side of the road and hit a tractor trailer from behind. The driver of the truck died due to injuries. The tractor trailer driver was not injured. The investigation is still ongoing.