AP-SC--Couple Killed,0110
SC couple killed when car hits tree near Greer
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GREER, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina state troopers say a couple has died after their car hit a tree about a mile from their home.
Troopers say the man and woman were in a speeding 1997 Saturn that ran off the ride side of the road an hit a tree Saturday night.
Spartanburg County Coroner's Investigator Ken Toney says 60-year-old John Godfrey was trapped in the vehicle and died at the scene, while 52-year-old Carolyn Pemberton died about an hour after the wreck at a hospital.
Troopers say the crash happened on a rural road, about a mile from the couple's home in Greer.
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APNP 01-19-09 1440EST
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