COLUMBIA, SC : 2 dead after chase ends in crash on Screaming Eagle Road on Monday, 25th January 2021

Two people have died following a chase that ended with a collision on Screaming Eagle Road on Monday afternoon.

It happened just before 2 p.m. on Screaming Eagle Road near Percival Road at the end of a chase involving the Richland County Sheriff’s Department and a suspect.

RCSD said the chase started at Bluebird Lane and ended when the suspect, who was driving a 2012 Ford Escape, hit a cement truck head-on while traveling east on Screaming Eagle Road. The driver and passenger in the Ford Explorer were injured in the crash and died.

The driver of the cement truck was also injured in the crash and taken to a local hospital to receive medical attention.

The collision blocked part of the road near Percival Road for several hours, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper David Jones.

The road has since reopened.


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