The Newberry County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating a single vehicle collision that resulted in two fatalities. The incident happened at around 1 AM on Saturday, January 23.

The collision occurred on Boyd’s Crossing Road near the Glenn Street intersection in Newberry County.

Coroner Laura Kneece has identified Shareka Chonto Wise, 21, of Prosperity, and Ryheim Quanteze Counts, 29, of Newberry, as the decedents in the collision. An autopsy has been scheduled for this week. There is no evidence that both the driver and passenger were wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision.

This incident remains under investigation of the Newberry County Coroner’s Office and South Carolina Highway Patrol.