In Edgefield County, a tractor-trailer traveling on Highway 25 went under a train tressel, but the equipment he was carrying didn’t make it. The equipment struck the tressel and flipped back onto a small pickup truck, killing the driver instantly. UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 27-year-old Jeremy Jay.

A new study says an aggressive strategy to replace aging equipment with more energy efficient products throughout the South would offset the need for additional power from coal-fired power plants in the region through 2020.

The Charleston Fire Department is getting two of the latest, high-tech pieces of firefighting equipment.