Coroner identifies Easley man killed in Pickens County crash

Haley Walters Elizabeth LaFleur
The Greenville News
One person died in a car accident on Anderson Highway in Pickens County early Thursday afternoon.

An Easley man was killed in a crash in Pickens County early Thursday afternoon.

Kenneth David Reynolds Jr., 49, of Colonial Drive in Easley, died after the crash, according to a release from the Pickens County Coroner's Office. 

The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. on Anderson Highway at Flat Rock Road outside of Liberty. A pickup truck traveling east on Anderson Highway struck a car entering the highway from Flat Rock Road, Trooper Joel Hovis with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.

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Reynolds later died at Baptist Easley Hospital.

The driver of the pickup truck suffered injuries and was also taken to the hospital.