A popular school employee was killed Wednesday just south of Summerville on SC-165 in a car accident, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

It happened around 11:45 a.m. The victim, Joe Bunch, was at a stop sign coming out of the Ashley Ridge High School parking lot, when another driver, Michele Bining of Summerville, attempted a right turn from SC-165.  Bining lost control of the 2002 Dodge SUV and slammed into the driver's side of the Bunch's 2002 Jeep SUV.  Bining was transported to the Medical University of South Carolina by Emergency Medical Services.

Bunch served the Dorchester District 2 schools as their courier, delivering mail to and from each school in that district, according to the schools spokesperson, Pat Raynor.  He was a long time employee.  He came to work for the district after retiring from his first profession.

The collision is under investigation.

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