2 killed while crossing interstate in Lexington County after car breakdown
Updated: Feb. 27, 2021 at 10:50 PM EST
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Two people are dead after being hit by a car while trying to cross I-26.
It happened just before 4 am Saturday morning.
According to the coroner’s office, Frank Bates, 64, and Bobbie Jenkins, 70, were riding in a car that broke down in the median of the highway near exit 119.
The pair was walking across the westbound lanes of I-26 when they were hit.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene from their injuries.
South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.
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