Traffic fatality in Chester County Wednesday

One person is dead after a crash in Chester County Wednesday morning, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened around 11:20 a.m. on U.S. Highway 21, about seven miles south of Fort Lawn. The driver of a 1997 Mack truck was heading north on Highway 21, went off the left side of the road, hit an embankment and then hit a tree. The driver of the truck was the only person inside at the time of the crash, troopers said. No further information has been released.