Traffic fatalities in Oconee and Pickens

A 42-year old West Union woman died at the Oconee hospital after an SUV accident just before the noon hour yesterday on the Ebenezer Road.  Coroner Karl Addis said the name of the victim will be released today.  The accident was investigated by the state patrol.  State troopers say the New Year was only minutes old before Pickens County recorded its first traffic fatalities.  That accident occurred on the Earles Bridge Road January 1.  Kandy Kelley, the coroner, says the victims were Stephanie Taylor Owens, 27, and Randy Jerome Hill, 29, both of Travelers Rest.