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3 killed, 1 injured in Upstate crash, troopers say

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3 killed, 1 injured in Upstate crash, troopers say
3 killed, 1 injured in Upstate crash, troopers say

Three young people were killed and one person was injured in a crash near Clemson.

HURT ANOTHER.IT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND INPICKENS COUNTY.OUR TAGGART HOUCK REPORTS.TAGGART: THOSE ACCOUNTS HAVEBEEN THROUGH FRIENDS ANDNEIGHBORS WE SPOKE WITH EARLIER.THIS ALL HAPPENED HERE.TROOPERS SAY SAY A SUBARU RANOFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,HITTING A TELEPHONE POLL BEFOREROLLING INTO A DITCH.THIS ONLY ABOUT A MILE FROMCLEMSON’S CAMPUS.IT ALL HAPPENED AROUND 1:30SUNDAY MORNING ON OLD CHERRYROAD NEAR OLD STONE CHURCH ROADIN PICKENS COUNTY.TROOPERS SAID THE DRIVER ANDLEFT REAR PASSENGER DIED AT THESCENE.TWO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE TAKENTO LOCAL HOSPITALS.TROOPERS SAID ONE OF THEM DIEDSUNDAY AFTERNOON.WE HAVE LEARNED THE NAMES OF THETHREE VICTIMS.ACCORDING TO THE CORONER, THEYARE 20-YEAR-OLD DIVONTE BLACK.16-YEAR-OLD LANAE RIDGE, AND18-YEAR-OLD TRINITI MARTIN.BLACK, PICTURED HERE, OWNED THESUBARU.WE SPOKE WITH A NEIGHBOR ANDFRIEND OF HIS, WHO SAYS THE20-YEAR-OLD WAS A GREAT FRIEND.

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