HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A 24-year-old Longs man was killed and another person was hurt Monday evening after a car crashed while fleeing from police in Horry County, authorities said.
Levious Hayes, a passenger in the vehicle, died at the scene of the crash, Deputy Horry County Coroner Tamara Willard said.
The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. on W. Bear Grass Road about five miles south of Loris, according to Master Troper Brandon Bolt of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
According to Horry County police, officers tried to stop the car for reckless driving, but the driver fled. The car was speeding at nearly 130 mph before crashing, a police report said.
Officers began pursuing the 2001 Lexus north on Freemont Road before it turned onto Highway 905 and then onto W. Bear Grass Road, where it crashed and overturned, Bolt said.
Horry County Fire Rescue was dispatched at 6:31 p.m., and the injured person was taken to the hospital by EMS, Bolt said.
No additional information was immediately available.
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