Three dead in a car crash in York County, South Carolina

Three people were killed Tuesday in a crash in York County, South Carolina.

The two-vehicle crash took place around 4:30 p.m. on S.C. 5 near Park Place, just east of the York County Sheriff’s Office.

According to the officials, the incident resulted in three fatalities. Officials did not mention whether the three people were in the same vehicle.

The crash site is east of the York city limits, shut to the intersection of S.C. 5 and S.C. 161. The fatal crash remains under investigation by the S.C. Department of Public Safety and the coroner’s office.

Traffic on S.C. 5 was detoured for hours to Shiloh Road to direct drivers to S.C. 161 toward Rock Hill and Interstate 77.

As of 7 p.m., officials with the coroner’s office and other emergency agencies were working at the scene.