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Lexington man, 19, killed in collision with ambulance

A 19-year-old Lexington man is dead after his truck apparently swerved into the path of an ambulance on Edmund Highway early Tuesday.

Ambulance driver Hugh Davis was heading east on the road, also known as SC 302, around 1:19 a.m. when a westbound GMC truck entered his lane, SC Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Judd Jones said.

The truck driver has not yet been identified by the Lexington County Coroner’s Office.

Davis, 30, was wearing a seat belt and not injured when the ambulance struck the right side of the truck. A passenger in the ambulance, Samuel Potts, 26, also was belted and not injured.

The truck driver was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene, Jones said.

The collision remains under investigation by the highway patrol.

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