NEWBERRY COUNTY — A 21-year-old Prosperity man died Tuesday morning from injuries he received in a single vehicle wreck on Broad River Road near Pomaria.

Newberry County Coroner Craig Newton said Jessie Frick died at Palmetto Richland Hospital at 9:52 a.m. Tuesday from injuries sustained in the accident.

Newton said the vehicle Frick was driving ran off the roadway around 2:50 a.m. and overturned. Frick was not wearing a seat belt.

The wreck is being investigated by the S.C. Highway Patrol and the Newberry County Coroner’s Office. Newberry County rescue squads, EMS, and the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday.

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