Car was speeding before crash into South Carolina pond that killed 5

by SpeedLux
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

A car that crashed into a South Carolina pond earlier this month killing five people was speeding and no other automobiles were involved in the crash, police said.

The 2016 Chevrolet Impala hit a curb on January 23 on Harrelson Boulevard near the Myrtle Beach airport and was moving so fast it flipped several times before crashing into the pond, according to Myrtle Beach police.

Investigators reviewed traffic cameras and evidence at the site of the crash and figured out that there were no other automobiles in the area, police said.

When emergency workers arrived, they discovered three people on the shore of the pond and three others still inside the submerged car, police said.

Four people died the day of the crash and a fifth person died days later, authorities said. One person in the car survived.

The driver, Thomas Levon McDowell, 23, of Lake City, died in the crash, investigators said.

Authorities identified the other people killed as Jamar Matthews, 19, of Lake City; Shiquan Graham, 20, of Lake City; Niterria Johnson, 22, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and LeAna McMillian, 17, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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