Car hits 3 pedestrians and kills 1 person on US-17
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person has died and two others were taken to the hospital after a vehicle struck three pedestrians in Myrtle Beach.
Multiple news outlets report the accident occurred at 10:47 p.m. Saturday on US-17 in Horry County.
South Carolina Highway Patrol reports the vehicle was traveling southbound when the three pedestrians crossed the road.
The accident is still being investigated.
The names of the pedestrians and the driver have not been released.
Ring recovered from ashes of fiery, 10-vehicle crash on I-26
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An engagement ring feared destroyed in a fiery, multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 26 near Columbia has been returned to its owner unscathed.
WIS-TV reports that Kelly Winters assumed the flames consumed his wife's ring. Winters was in one of the 10 vehicles destroyed in Wednesday's crash after a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel overturned.
No one was seriously injured. Winters helped pull one driver to safety.
One thing Winters left behind was the ring he was getting resized for his wife.
But his insurance adjuster found it while sifting through the ashes in the impound lot. Winters says the ring was hand-delivered to him at the hospital, then taken to a jeweler to get cleaned, repaired and resized.
Winters then surprised his wife with it Friday.
3-year-old shot, leading to 2nd shooting outside hospital
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Horry County authorities say a 3-year-old was accidentally shot at a home near Myrtle Beach, leading to an argument between family members and a second person being shot outside the hospital.
Local media outlets report the child was stable but in critical condition following surgery. The second person's wound is not life threatening.
Horry County Police Lt. Raul Denis says investigators believe the child found a gun in a dresser drawer about 1 p.m. Saturday and accidentally fired it. Police do not expect to file charges.
The second shooting occurred a few hours later outside Grand Strand Medical Center.
Myrtle Beach Police Lt. Joey Crosby says two people were arrested.
Police did not immediately release any names.
Hospital spokeswoman Julie Kopnicky says the hospital was temporarily on lockdown