An accident on Interstate 95 took the lives of two people around 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, January 3. According to Lance Cpl Matt Southern of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a driver and passenger were traveling southbound on I-95 near mile marker 113 in 2005 Hyundai SUV. The driver ran off the road to the left and struck a tree. The vehicle then caught fire.
Mock identified the two men on Friday as Kyle Oakes, 24, and Jason Beene, 21, of Indiana.
“Oaks died at the scene, and Beene died at McLeod Health Clarendon,” said Clarendon County Coroner Bucky Mock.
Southern stated that due to the fire, it is unknown whether either person was wearing a seat belt. The accident is still under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
