2 teens in stolen car killed in crash after high-speed chase, SC officials say
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Two teenagers died after the stolen car they were in ran off the road following a high-speed chase, South Carolina officials said.
Greenville police said they tried to pull over a stolen vehicle they spotted just before 10 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. When the car didn’t stop, police began a chase.
As police attempted to stop the car, it began driving at a high speed, police said in a news release. Officers lost sight of the car, ending the chase.
The vehicle then crashed not long after, police said.
The county coroner said the car struck a cement pillar, three telephone poles and a chain-link fence and was cut in half, WYFF reported.
Dekiyas Antione Workman Jr., 16, died at the scene of the wreck, and Jaedan Demone Pitts-Johnson, 14, died later at the hospital, according to a news release from the Greenville County Coroner’s Office. Two other people were taken to the hospital.
Police said the wreck remains under investigation.
This story was originally published May 12, 2023 at 3:48 PM with the headline "2 teens in stolen car killed in crash after high-speed chase, SC officials say."
