COLUMBIA, SC : Suspects tossed out drugs, hit patrol car several times before chase ended in deadly crash on Monday, 25th January 2021

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department has released more information about a chase that ended in a crash on Screaming Eagle Road and killed two people 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.

According to RCSD, a deputy was patrolling Bluebird Lane when a Ford Escape that was spray painted and had expired tags was on the road. When the driver and passenger saw the deputy, the chase began. Officials with RCSD said the subjects threw what was believed to be drugs from the window of the vehicle.

Deputies said the driver intentionally hit a deputy driving a marked patrol vehicle several times during the high-speed chase.

The chase went through northeast Richland County and ended when the Ford Escape hit a cement truck head-on while traveling east on Screaming Eagle Road.

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