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Updated: October 29, 2023 @ 8:12 am
A high school football game between Chesnee and Landrum was rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2. The game was postponed Sept. 29 following a fatal crash on Fairfield Road earlier in the day that killed three people and sent another person to the hospital. Chris Lavender/Staff
A memorial with flowers on Oct. 2 at the site of a fatal vehicle crash on Fairfield Road in Chesnee. South Carolina Highway Patrol said three people were killed and another person was sent to the hospital on Sept. 29. Chris Lavender/Staff
Reporter – Spartanburg
Chris Lavender is a reporter for The Post and Courier Spartanburg
A high school football game between Chesnee and Landrum was rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2. The game was postponed Sept. 29 following a fatal crash on Fairfield Road earlier in the day that killed three people and sent another person to the hospital. Chris Lavender/Staff
CHESNEE — A memorial with a cross and flowers marks the spot on Fairfield Road in northern Spartanburg County where three people were killed and another person was sent to the hospital in a single-vehicle crash.
The crash occurred at 3:36 p.m. Sept. 29 when the vehicle went off the road in the 1000 block of Fairfield Road near Henderson Road, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said in a statement that three passengers died at the scene, and the driver was taken to a local hospital.
Clevenger has not yet released information about who died in the crash or the condition of the person taken to the hospital.
“Our forensic pathologist has all the information requested,” Clevenger said. “Science dictates we take our time and make sure we get it right.”
Community and family members of those who died have identified all four persons involved in the accident as students at Chesnee High School.
Chesnee High School Principal Erik Gerstenacker released a statement that afternoon. A high school football game between Landrum High School and Chesnee High School scheduled for Sept. 29 was rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2.
“At this time, as investigators work to determine what has happened, and for privacy reasons, we can’t share the details of what has taken place,” Gerstenacker said. “We can say that out of respect for those involved, we have decided to postpone this evening’s (Sept. 29) football game.”
A sign at Chesnee High School on South Alabama Avenue states “Chesnee Strong.” Football players for Chesnee will also wear stickers on their helmets that state “Chesnee Strong” with the school’s Eagle mascot on the sticker in show of support.
A GoFundMe has been set up for at least two of the victims in the accident. Daniel Domansky set up the fund in memory of “my two younger brothers, Matthew (17) and Vitaliy (15) Rybinski, who we tragically lost, Friday, September 29th.”
Domansky said the accident occurred “moments after leaving their high school and notifying our mom that they were on the way home.”
In the GoFundMe note, Domansky remembers his brothers as “best friends that had a whole life ahead of them. They were always together. They were Christian, smart, kind, outgoing, hard working, young men that are truly going to be missed. They leave behind grieving parents, brothers, a sister-in-law, nephews, and friends.”
A memorial with flowers on Oct. 2 at the site of a fatal vehicle crash on Fairfield Road in Chesnee. South Carolina Highway Patrol said three people were killed and another person was sent to the hospital on Sept. 29. Chris Lavender/Staff
Several residents visited the crash site on Oct. 2, where memorials were placed. The ground at the site remained charred, with several broken trees surrounding the area caused by the impact.
James Moore lives about a mile from where the fatal crash occurred.
“I think it is one of the saddest things that has happened,” Moore told The Post and Courier. “It’s a terrible tragedy. I am sorry for the loss and sorry for the families’ loss. I hate to see anyone lose their life like that. It’s a sad way to go.”
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Reporter – Spartanburg
Chris Lavender is a reporter for The Post and Courier Spartanburg
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