Republican Congressional Candidate Katie Arrington was injured in a fatal crash Friday evening.
According to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of a two-car collision around 9:00 p.m. in the 7400 block of Highway 17 southbound in Adams Run.
Department spokesman Capt. Roger Antonio says Arrington was a passenger in a car struck by a driver traveling the wrong direction. Arrington and the woman she was with, Jacquelin Goff, were both transported to MUSC with serious injuries. There were no other occupants in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
The driver of the other vehicle died at the scene.
Arrington’s campaign manager, Michael Mule, told WCBD in Charleston that Arrington got out of surgery early Saturday morning, and remains at the hospital with her husband. According to Mule, Arrington was on her way to Hilton Head, where she was supposed to receive an award on Saturday.
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Traffic Unit is investigating the accident.
Arrington currently holds the position of State Representative of District 94, which include parts of Charleston and Dorchester counties. Arrington defeated Rep. Mark Sanford in the Republican primary for South Carolina’s District One Congressional seat on June 12.
The southbound lanes of Highway 17 were closed for hours after the accident.