A white Mercedes plunged more than 50 feet from an elevated traffic ramp at Columbia’s main post office on Assembly Street this morning, killing the driver.
Witnesses said the car was traveling backward at a high rate of speed when it went through metal fencing at about 10:15 a.m., said Columbia police Sgt. Florence McCants.
The driver was 84-year-old Columbia resident Helen Zalantis, according to Richland County coroner Gary Watts. She was the sole occupant of the car, a 1995 white E300 Mercedes, McCants said.
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