An Horry County firefighter died Wednesday night when his car went off the road and hit a tree in Marion County, authorities said.
Dimario Stephens, 31, was driving a 2020 Nissan sedan that crashed on Wahee Road near Cool Springs Road when it went off the right side of the road and hit a tree, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol Cpl. Nick Pye said. He was alone in the vehicle. Stephens had been a firefighter/EMT with Horry County Fire Rescue since May, the department said in a Facebook post.
โWe ask for your consideration and condolences for Stephensโ family, friends, loved ones and fire-rescue colleagues during this difficult time,โ HCFR said in the post. No additional information was immediately available. The highway patrol is investigating.
