At 6.25 a.m. on Wednesday on Hammett Bridge Road, in front of Riverside Middle School, three teens were involved in a tragic accident.
Firefighters were called to the vehicle which burst into flames and meanwhile bystanders helped the driver and rear seat passenger out of the car. The front seat passenger was trapped inside and died at the scene although the cause of death was chest trauma rather than the blaze. He was named as 17 year old Aaron Jeffrey Al-Rawi Jones, of Taylors.
Meanwhile the driver, Andrew Chase Jackson, aged 16 and from Greer was taken to hospital where he also died. The third person was flown to the August Burn Center in Georgia.
According to Lt. Jim Holcombe from Greer police, Jackson did not have a driver’s license or a learner’s permit and the car was travelling at between 70 and 80 mph in a 35 mph area. He had no idea how Jackson obtained the car but he did say it had not been reported stolen.
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