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Ledger photo / TIM GULLA Photos show the twisted wreckage of a Buick involved in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon on Chesnee Highway about a mile north of the Old Post intersection. The 92-year-old driver died early Wednesday. There was no word on two passengers in the vehicle. The driver of another vehicle, Ernest Burr Jr., 56, died en route to the hospital. A detour had to be set up to divert traffic around the accident scene via Cherokee National Highway. The stretch of Highway 11 where the accident occurred was closed from about 5:20 p.m. until about 8 p.m.
Ledger photo / TIM GULLA Photos show the twisted wreckage of a Buick involved in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon on Chesnee Highway about a mile north of the Old Post intersection. The 92-year-old driver died early Wednesday. There was no word on two passengers in the vehicle. The driver of another vehicle, Ernest Burr Jr., 56, died en route to the hospital. A detour had to be set up to divert traffic around the accident scene via Cherokee National Highway. The stretch of Highway 11 where the accident occurred was closed from about 5:20 p.m. until about 8 p.m.
