Three Dead In Crash

SCHP Patrol Vehicle - File Photo
Photo credit Lee Rogers

SC Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brandon Bolt reports two people died at the scene of a collision in Pickens County.

The collision occured about 1:30AM Sunday morning on Old Cherry Road near Old Stone Church Road, one mile south of Clemson.

The driver of a 2014 Subaru BRZ ran off the roadway where the car struck a utility poll and rolled over in a field.

The driver and the left rear passenger had to be mechanically extricated from the vehicle and were declared dead at the scene.  The driver was the only occupant wearing a seat belt.

Two passengers were taken to a hospital for treatment of their injuries.  One of those passengers died Sunday.

The Pickens County Coroner's Office has identified the two people who died at the scene as 20-year-old Divonte Elijah Black and 16-year-old Lenae An'Elise Cessa Ridge.

The passenger that died at the hospital has not yet been identified.