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3 month old baby dies after 10 car pile up in the Upstate

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Lee Rogers

A baby has died after a crash involving 10 vehicles in Anderson County, yesterday afternoon.

The Coroner's Office says the crash happened on Highway 29. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the crash happened when a pick-up truck and a sedan stopped due to construction. A cement truck then crashed into the sedan which hit the pickup and caused a chain reaction and massive pile-up.


The driver of the sedan was transported to the hospital and the infant was airlifted to the hospital, where they later died. The Coroner's Office has identified the victim was 3 month old Jakai Govan.

The Coroner's preliminary report says the baby was restrained in a car seat. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says charged will be filed from the crash.