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Andrew Moore

Highway Patrol and Seneca officers, along with members of the Seneca Fire Department, rushed to the scene of an accident on By-Pass 123, near the intersection of Highway 130, where two vehicles collided early Thursday morning

Sheriff’s deputies, Seneca Police and SC Highway patrol members policed two personal injury accidents early Thursday morning.

Two people were injured, one a motorcyclist, in an early morning accident near the intersection of Highways 28 and 11, just outside West Union.

Authorities on the scene reported that the both the motorcyclist and a passenger in the car that hit him were taken to Oconee Medical Center for treatment. Sources at the scene said the man’s wife was taking him for medical treatment related to his heart when the accident took place about 8:30 a.m.

Meanwhile, Highway Patrol and Seneca officers, along with members of the Seneca Fire Department, rushed to the scene of an accident on By-Pass 123, near the intersection of Highway 130, where two vehicles collided.

According to witnesses, a navy blue Honda Accord traveling east towards Clemson clipped the back of a black Toyota Tacoma Truck as it tried to cross 123 from Old Salem Road, sending it rolling, eventually coming to rest upside down.

Thaxton Coleman of Seneca and Fred Boerin of Easley both witnessed the crash.

"I was going by and just caught the tail end of it," Coleman said. "The truck just got clipped and then I just saw it flipping up in the air."

Boering and Coleman rushed to the aid of the injured woman in the truck, who was hanging upside down inside the vehicle, held only by her seat belt. The two men pulled her out of the car while medical personnel responded to the scene.

"I was driving and saw her (driver of the Honda) pass me because I was going too slow," Boerin said. "I know she definitely wasn't speeding, because it took her a while to pass me. The next thing you know, you've got cars flipping."

Boerin told Seneca Police what he saw, making sure authorities knew the driver of the Honda was not speeding. The driver of the truck was taken to Oconee Medical Center with undisclosed injuries. She was conscious as she was put on the stretcher.

"She's lucky she's not hurt worse than that," Coleman said.

The driver of the Honda, while visibly shaken, was uninjured.

"She's fine," Boerin said. "She's probably just scared to death."

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