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SPARTANBURG, SC (WISH) – Teenage twins and a woman from Fishers were killed in a hit-and-run crash in South Carolina early Monday morning.
South Carolina Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 2:06 am on Interstate 26 about 5 miles north of Spartanburg.
Melissa Ann Parker, 43, of Spartanburg, was driving a westbound Hummer in an eastbound lane and collided head-on with a Kia sedan. Three of the four people in the car died at the scene: Elleana Gaddis, 17, Isabella Gaddis, 17 and Brianna Foster, 18. Elleana and Isabella Gaddis were twins and students at Hamilton Southeastern High School. Foster graduated from school this spring, according to a spokesperson.
The fourth person was taken to a local hospital.
Highway Patrol says it is not clear whether the four people in the Kia were wearing seat belts.
Parker fled the scene on foot and was quickly apprehended. She is charged with three counts of impaired driving with death, three counts of hit and run with death and one count of hit and run with bodily harm.
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