POWDERSVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Authorities say a man and woman died in a car wreck that happened while South Carolina law enforcement officers were chasing them.
Local media outlets report that two Greenville residents died Sunday morning in a wreck after a brief chase in Powdersville. The Anderson County Coroner’s Office identified the two killed as 21-year-old Damian Austin Bailey and 28-year-old Lyndsie Terresa Wright.
Deputy coroner Josh Shore says their vehicle hit a tree.
Anderson County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Nikki Carson says a deputy tried to stop a vehicle that he saw drive through a four-way stop. Carson says the driver accelerated and the deputy lost sight of the vehicle. When the deputy rounded a curve, he saw that the vehicle had crashed.
The state Highway Patrol and the coroner’s office are investigating.
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