Commercial truck crash leaves one dead

Commercial truck crash leaves one dead

On Monday, May 4, 2026, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office received an alert of a traffic accident via cell phone crash detection feature. Deputies responded to the area of Highway 27 East near the Sumter County line, where they discovered a commercial dump truck had left the roadway and into a wooded area. The only occupant of the truck was the driver, who was found to be unresponsive and later pronounced deceased by…