Six Mile man killed near the Oconee line

A 40-year-old Six Mile man was pronounced dead at the scene of a late Friday night accident in Pickens County near the Oconee County line.  Andrew Wilson, chief Pickens County deputy coroner, said Jonathan Reid Hancock at the time was driving a Volkswagen on the Old Seneca Road when the car went off the side of the road near Issaqueena Lake Road and hit trees.  Hancock was thrown from the car.  The 11 o’clock accident is being investigated by Wilson’s office and the state patrol.