Victims identified in crash that killed four near Myrtle Beach airport
Four people are dead and two more injured after a single-vehicle crash near the Myrtle Beach International Airport early Saturday morning, according to Myrtle Beach Fire Department.
The names of the victims who died in the crash were announced late Saturday night. According to the Horry County Coroner Shiquan Graham, 20, and Thomas McDowell, 23, from Lake City, SC, and Niterria Johnson, 22, and LeAna McMillian, 17, from Winston-Salem, NC all died in the wreck.
The Myrtle Beach Police Department is investigating the fatal crash on Harrelson Boulevard, just west of Highway 15. The crash happened around 1:30 a.m.
Responding officers located one partially submerged vehicle in a pond next to the roadway and multiple people with severe injuries near the vehicle, police said.
Officers remained on scene investigating and reopened the road at 9:45 a.m. Saturday morning.
This story was originally published January 23, 2021 at 8:51 AM.
