By Associated Press - Monday, March 27, 2017

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A man has been charged in a wreck that killed a 9-year-old girl on Interstate 26 in Dorchester County.

Local media outlets reported that 46-year-old Zebulon Wright was charged Sunday with driving under the influence involving a death and reckless homicide.

Olivia Watson of Summerville died after the SUV she was in went over a guardrail. The girl died at Trident Medical Center in North Carolina and died about an hour after the crash that happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.



The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the SUV the girl was in was hit by a car driven by Wright.

It was not known if Wright has an attorney yet.

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