Victims fatally hit while crossing I-26 West in Lexington are identified
Mar 1, 2021 7:54 AM EST
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LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – The Lexington County Coroner’s Office has identified the victims that were fatally hit by a vehicle on Saturday.
Coroner Margaret Fisher says Frank Bates, 64 and Bobbie Jenkins, 70, died on I-26 West near Exit 119 from their injuries.
Authorities say before 4 a.m., the vehicle the couple was travelling in had become disabled in the median.
According to Highway Patrol, Bates and Jenkins were crossing I-26 West, when they were both hit by a vehicle.
Troopers say the driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, wasn’t injured.
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(Courtesy: LCSD) Crime scene of shooting on Adams Terrace Court.
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – The Lexington County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who shot a woman multiple times, then turned the gun on himself on Wednesday.
Coroner Margaret Fisher says Raymond Metze, 28, died at a hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Lexington County deputies say Metze abducted a woman, with whom he shares a child with and had previously been in a relationship with her, from a medical office on Wednesday morning.
Officials say he forced her to drive to the woods at the end of Adams Terrace Court in Dixiana.
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