BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C, (AP) -- Georgia couple has died after their vehicle ran off an interstate highway in South Carolina.
Lexington County Coroner Harry Harman said the wreck happened on I-20 near Batesburg-Leesville shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday.
Harman says 79-year-old Julian Tanenbaum and 77-year-old Beverly L. Tanenbaum of Augusta, Ga., died at the scene.
The coroner says the Julian Tanenbaum lost control of a sports utility vehicle and it ran off the right side of the highway and hit a tree, trapping the couple inside.
Harman and the South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating.
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