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Kershaw County school board member dies in car accident
Posted: 08.01.2012 at 10:23 AM
Drew Stewart

Drew Stewart joined the WACH Fox News assignment desk in December 2011.

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KERSHAW  Co. school board member Joseph Dorton  / Source: KCSD
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RIDGEWAY, SC (WACH)- A member of the Kershaw County School Board died in an early morning car crash.

Joseph Dorton ran off the road shortly past 2:00 Wednesday morning in a single car accident.

Kershaw County Coroner Johnny Fellers says Dorton's car went off Wateree Dam Road not far from Ridgeway this morning.  The car caught fire.

Dorton was the only one involved in the crash.

Fellers said an autopsy is scheduled in Newberry for later on Wednesday.

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