1 Manning man dead, woman charged in fatality

Thirty-four-year old Maurelio DeLeon, 1258 Audrey Lane, Manning, is dead after the 1994 Dodge Dakota pickup he was driving east on S.C. 261, near Boyd Road, was reportedly struck from behind by a 1999 Hyundai driven by Tammy Brown, also of Manning, shortly before midnight Saturday. Both vehicles were traveling east on the highway the South Carolina Highway Patrol reported. The pickup truck was pushed off the right side of the road, where it struck a tree, the SCHP said. A passenger in the pickup was reportedly airlifted to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence.

According to Clarendon County Coroner Hayes F. Samuels, DeLeon died from a neck injury and blunt force trauma.

According to SCHP, none of the people involved were wearing seat belts.
Brown, 45, of 2929 Winters Hill Road, Manning, was transported to Clarendon Memorial Hospital. She has been charged with felony driving under the influence resulting in death and felony DUI resulting in serious bodily harm, ABC violation, as well as failure to wear a seat belt, according to SCHP.
The collision remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol and the SCHP Multiple Disciplinary Accident Investigation Team.