3-month-old killed in 10-vehicle crash involving concrete truck

ANDERSON, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A 3-month-old died after a car crash involving ten vehicles in South Carolina Thursday afternoon.

According to troopers, a cement truck going too fast for conditions on U.S. 29 crashed into the back of a sedan stopped for roadwork on the interstate, causing a chain reaction and making the car slam into the back of a pickup truck that was also stopped.

Authorities said the drivers of the pickup and concrete trucks were not injured, but the driver of the sedan was taken to the hospital and the infant was flown to the hospital.

Baby Jakai Govan died in the hospital at 1:17 a.m. Friday from subdural hemorrhage secondary to a skull fracture.

The corner’s preliminary investigation showed the 3-month-old was restrained in a car seat.

Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said charges will be filed in this crash.

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