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1 killed after ambulance collision with tree

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WCIV) -- One person is dead and three others flown to a hospital in Savannah after an ambulance ran off the road and struck a tree on Tuesday morning.

Officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol say the ambulance was traveling north on Old Sheldon Church Road when the driver lost control and overcorrected. As a result, officials say the ambulance struck a tree.

Beaufort County deputy coroner David Ott said the person killed in the accident was 56-year-old Blandelle Gary of Yemassee. Ott said Gary was riding in the passenger's seat of the ambulance as it was transporting her husband, who was in the back on a stretcher.

Those flown to the hospital were the driver and two passengers in the back of the ambulance.