The driver of a tractor-trailer died Wednesday after striking a disabled vehicle and a pedestrian who was changing a tire, according to officials.
Mark Anthony Bigby, 64, of Anderson died Thursday of thermal burns sustained in the wreck, said Laurens County Chief Deputy Coroner Patti Canupp.
Bigby was driving a 2022 Kenworth tractor-trailer westbound Wednesday on Interstate 26. At about 2:30 p.m., as he was near the 55 mile marker, his vehicle went off the left side of the road and struck a disabled 2022 Ford pickup truck in the emergency lane, along with a pedestrian who was changing a tire on the truck, said state Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt.
The tractor-trailer went on to hit a guardrail and embankment, and Canupp said the vehicle caught fire. Bigby died at the scene of the wreck, while the pedestrian was injured and taken to an area hospital for treatment.
The wreck is under investigation by the Highway Patrol and the Laurens County Coroner’s Office, Bolt said.