Update: Coroner names three people killed in crash involving logging truck in Conway area
Three people were killed Monday after a two-vehicle crash involving a logging truck in the Conway area.
Larry Dean Capps, 56, of Myrtle Beach; Crystal Ward, 47, of Loris; and Bobby Gathings, 38, of Conway, died from traumatic injuries on the scene, according to Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard by email. All three were in the front seat, Willard said.
The crash involved two vehicles on Highway 701 and Pee Dee Highway in the Bucksport community.
The crash happened at 11:54 a.m. and closed all lanes of Highway 701.
Capps was driving a 2004 Dodge pickup truck that was traveling north on 701 in the southbound lane, according to Lance Cpl. Lena Butler with the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The vehicle collided with a 2021 Kenworth tractor-trailer truck that was traveling south on 701.
All three people died on the scene, Butler said in an email. The driver of the logging truck was uninjured, Butler said.
This story was originally published February 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM.
