EDGEFIELD – An Edgefield man was killed this morning when the small Ford truck he was driving was crushed by a tractor trailer container unit.

The unit had been knocked astride when the tractor trailer carrying the container collided with an old train trestle entering Edgefield.

Officials said 27-year-old Jeremy Jay of Church Street in Edgefield was killed instantly. It is the second fatality on Edgefield County roads this year. The tractor trailer was reportedly carrying parts for the “Superload” generator now moving through Greenwood County.

About two to three tractor trailers strike the 13-foot-tall trestle each year as they carry loads taller than the trestle.

The collisions rarely result in fatalities, though.

The crash happened about 7 a.m. and wreckage was still being removed from the scene more than two hours later. A crane unit from Augusta was called in to help remove the container.