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Woman dies on Mother’s Day, hours after a crash in the Loris area, police say

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A Horry County woman died in a crash on Mother’s Day.

Velma Golbold, 66, of Nichols, died just after 11 a.m. Sunday at a Loris hospital, according to an email from Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard. Golbold was transported to the hospital after a crash that occurred on Spring Branch Road.

The crash happened at 9:37 a.m. in the Loris area, according to an email from Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Golbold was a passenger in a 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck that ran off the side of the road and overturned, Ridgeway said.

It is unclear if the driver was also injured.

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