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Six hospitalized with serious injuries after head-on crash on US 501

By Hannah Strong

Updated July 25, 2019 9:52 AM

Six people were transported with serious injuries after an early-morning crash on U.S. 501 in the Myrtle Beach area.

Horry County Fire Rescue was called to U.S. 501 and Waccamaw Pines Drive, near Tanger Outlets, about 2 a.m. for a head-on wreck. Six people with serious injuries were transported to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, according to HCFR.

South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.

6 people were transported to GSRMC at around 2 a.m. with serious injuries following a head-on collision on Highway 501 near Waccamaw Pines Drive. @SCDPS_PIO is helping to investigate and clear this emergency scene. #HCFR pic.twitter.com/zec0PYFhAu
— Horry SC Fire Rescue (@hcfirerescue) July 25, 2019

This story was originally published July 25, 2019 at 7:20 AM.

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The Sun News Reporter Hannah Strong is passionate about making the world better through what she reports and writes. Strong, who is a Pawleys Island native, is quick to jump on breaking news, profiles stories about people in the community and obituaries. Strong has won four S.C. Press Association first-place awards, including one for enterprise reporting after riding along with police during a homicide. She earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Winthrop University.

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