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Woman arrested for DUI in fatal crash on Cooper Store Road

Pictured: Melanie Maguire (Courtesy: BCSO)
Pictured: Melanie Maguire (Courtesy: BCSO)

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.—According to officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a trooper  arrested Melanie Maguire, 38, for a fatal wreck that occurred while she was driving under the influence.

Authorities stated that Maguire and her passenger were driving east on Cooper Store Road around 5:00 p.m. Thursday when she ran off the left side of the highway, hit a ditch and then overturned.

Troopers said that Maguire was wearing her seatbelt and was not injured in the accident; however, the passenger was partially ejected from Maguire’s 2002 Ford pickup truck.

Berkeley Co. Coroner Bill Salisbury has identified the passenger as 36-year-old Christopher Hearn of Summerville.

Salisbury stated that Hearn was extricated by the fire department and flown by helicopter to MUSC where he was pronounced dead at 7:52 p.m. The coroner added that he was not wearing a seatbelt.

Maguire was booked into the Hill Finklea Detention Center in Moncks Corner nearly three hours after the accident.

Jail records show she’s been charged with felony DUI resulting in a death and for driving with a suspended license.

Nikki Gaskins Campbell
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