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Driver killed after crashing truck down embankment on Rock Hill road identified

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Channel 9's South Carolina Bureau reporter Greg Suskin learned one person has died after they drove off a road and partially down an embankment in Rock Hill Thursday morning.

Officials said 39-year-old Michael Thomas was killed when his truck veered off the road and struck a tree.

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The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. on Bechtler Road near Dunlap Roddey Road.

Suskin said volunteer firefighters and state troopers were at the scene.

The cause of the crash has not been released at this point.

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