West Columbia police investigating crash with multiple deaths, man taken into custody

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The West Columbia Police Department is investigating a crash near 12th Street and B Avenue that resulted in multiple deaths.

According to the police, 24-year-old Joshua R. Yarborough of West Columbia was taken into custody for the crash.

He is being charged with two counts of felony DUI resulting in death and one count of leaving the scene of an accident stemming from this incident.

Yarborough will be taken to the Lexington County Detention Center to wait for bond court.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing.

The West Columbia Police Department is investigating a crash near 12th Street and B Avenue. — The West Columbia Police Department is investigating a crash near 12th Street and B Avenue.(Dylan Collins)

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